„I have an uncontrollable urge for old clothes. That‘s what wearing so many dress suits has done to me. ‚Comfort at any price‘ has become my private-life motto… That‘s one reason, too, why I never eat in the studio commissary, never give luncheon interviews. Eating in my dressing room, I can take off my clothes and be comfortable. And have another look at the script.“
William Powell, relaxing inside his dressing room at MGM