I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket.

(The Stooges also co-starred in a George O'Brien western Gold Raiders in 1951. " This helped him in his acting career in later years such as in memorizing his lines quickly and easily. He said "I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me.

His distinctive hairstyle came about when he was a boy and cut off his curls with a pair of scissors producing a ragged shape approximating a bowl cut.