From the man himself

"It's an art, but not magic." 
 (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"Remember , my dear, you are an actress. You don't have to live the part, just act it. The point is not for you to cry, make your audience cry. You have to be in control of yourself.." 
To Patsy Ruth Miller  (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

“Between pictures, there is no Lon Chaney.”

"I hereby give and bequeath to Cleva Creighton Bush the sum of 1.00$ and no more."
 Last will and Testament  (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"The lowest types of humanity may have within them the capacity for supreme self-sacrifice. These are the stories which I wish to do"
(Lon Chaney's Mysapce)

"Actors should pay more attention to their work and less attention to their fan mail." 
(Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"The chief thing for any actor to remember is that it wasn't his brains that got him to stardom, it was only his acting."
(Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

About him

"In spite of the horror of his role, Lon Chaney wins, at times, sympathy."
Photoplay (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"At Christmas time at the studio, be had a huge box he carried around and in it were gift certificates form a department store in Los Angeles. He'd hand them out to all the office workers and crew member and say, '"Here's a Christmas card for you."' Everyone on that lot really thought a lot about him."
Harry Earles (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"As a comedian he is irresistible and it would be hard to find his equal in dancing among many first class vaudeville performers."
Review of Lon Chaney's theatrical début in the little tycoon 1912 (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"Lon Chaney impersonates the Phantom. It is a role suited to his likening, and one which he handles with a certain skill, a little exaggerated at time, but none the less compelling." 
New York Times (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"He was the hardest working person in the studio. There wasn't a thing he wouldn't turn a hand to. He'd help move props, lights or even make-up the extras. It was the trouper's spirit of him. "
Tod Browning  (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)

"He was the one man I knew who could walk with kings and not lose the common touch."
Wallace Beery (Man of a thousand faces- Michael F Blake)