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Q. Who is the best actor in Hollywood? Actress?
A. Sorry, I prefer not to commit myself.
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Q. What sight would you have liked to Walter Pidgcon, currently
have seen? starring in Mrs. Miniver
A. The first airplane flight.
Q. What character have you played on the screen that seemed most like yourself? A.
Q. What is your most common nervous gesture?
A. I scratch my head all the time.
Q. What habit do you like least in women?
A. Their definite ability to make it impossible to do without 'em!
Crazy about hunting — but hates golf
Q. Who is the most beautiful actress in Hollywood?
A. Diplomatic, that's ine.
Q. What type of clothes do you like best on a woman?
A. Tweeds in a foggy climate.
Q. What is your pet peeve in women's clothes?
A.. Slacks with anything!
Q. What is your favorite food?
A. Oysters. I like them so much that once returning to Hollywood from New York I took a long trip through the South just to load up on Oysters Rockefeller in New Orleans!
Q. Are you punctual? A. Painfully so.
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Photography is one of Walter's enthusiasms — but not slacks, even on lovely Mary Astor
Insists hecan't dance, but his lovely daughter Edna disagrees
Q. Have you ever had a nickname?
A. Yes. "Homer" — a takeoff on pigeon. And, of course, there are always people who call me "Pidge" but that isn't as unusual as "Homer."
Q. What is your most high-brow taste? A. My wife.
Q. And your most low-brow taste? A.
Q. Who is your closest friend? A. Paul Lukas.
Q. Are you a good dancer? A. No. Never mastered the art.
Q. What is your greatest minor vice? A. I smoke too much.
Q. What was one of your most embarrassing moments?
A. The evening I was in a theater lobby with Donald Crisp who offered to
introduce me to Wendell Willkie who was also there. "I'd rather meet Mrs. Willkie," 1 said jokingly. Crisp turned me around and I faced Mrs. Willkie who was directly behind us and had heard me.
Q. What role did you most enjoy playing?
A. The one in How Green Was My V alley.
Q. What are your favorite sports? A. Tennis and hunting.
Q. And the one you least like? A. I cordially dislike golf.
Q. What slang expression do you use most?
A. "Nuts!"
Q. What was your poorest subject in school?
A. Arithmetic.
Q. What is your favorite book? A. "The Chevalier de Boufflers."
Q. If you weren't an actor, what would you most like to be? A. A sea captain.
Q. Are you argumentative?
A. Yes, I argue at the drop of a hat.
Q. What is your greatest idiosyncrasy? A.
Q. Are you "handy around the house?"
A. No. If there were a leak in the
water pipe it would break out in a full