A genuine interview with the grand master himself. Not sure of date.

What is your favourite theatre?
All the world is a theatre with me.

Which is your favourite hobby?
Browsing in old bookstalls, seeking old dramatic items for my library.

Which is your favourite pastime?
Out door athletics and long distance swims.

Which is your favourite song?
‘Auld Lang Syne.'

Which is your favourite sweet-meat?
Candied fruits.

What is your idea of comfort?
Seated in a large arm chair in library and hearing Mrs. Houdini call up: “Young man your lunch is ready.”

Which is your unlucky day?
Haven’t any; an unfortunate incident at any time simply builds a foundation for something better.

What is your favourite motto?
“And this, too – shall pass away.”

When have you felt at your worst?
Once when sailing round the world, at a longitude of 80’, we had two Tuesdays in one week and no Wednesday, which meant losing a Christmas, and I was seasick at the time. It will be an awful thing to eclipse my painful anguish.

What is your pet aversion?
The bald-headed man who says: “Ah, I remember you when I was a boy.”

What is your greatest ambition?
To live a life and die being worthy of the mother who bore me.

What is your favourite holiday resort?
Hollywood, California.

Who is you favourite author?
My dad.

What is your idea of misery?
Arriving in a town at midnight on a drizzly wet, foggy night, and finding all the hotels full up.