Only soldiers and labouring men can appreciate how glorious it really is to lie late in bed in winter-time. When your life revolves around having to to be at work at seven o'clock in the morning you know everything about that ghastly lep up still half asleep and the rush to put your head under a tap of ice-cold water with the barbarous object of shocking yourself awake.

In 1952 he bought a large property in Marnes-la-Coquette near Paris and named it "La Louque" as a homage to his mother's nickname. The success of Gigi prompted Hollywood to give him an Academy Honorary Award that year for achievements in entertainment. World War II
During World War II Chevalier kept performing for audiences.

In 1970 he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats. In 1930 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930) which secured his first big American hit Livin' in the Sunlight Lovin' in the Moonlight.