Arthur Housman

I have been with the Edison Company for four years, and like it much better than stage work, for it is, in a way, easier; there's no night work, and it's more interesting, for on the stage you play the same part for a whole season, and sometimes more, when in movies you have a new part handed you every week, and sometimes two. My favorite parts? Don't ask me to name the characters, for I can't remember them, I like 'boob' parts pretty well. I've had a lot of them to play, and I like them. I like any comedy part, though. Show less «

I came to the stage by the star route. I read, when I was 17 years old, that any one born on October 10 - my birthday - was, astrologically, destined to be a great actor. I foolishly believed the stars, and here I am. Show less «