“My work was all square at the corners and bumped into the artistic at every turn. I knew it. Thank the Lord I had enough sense to see it. I deserved to be taken in hand and talked to with some brevity and much point. I guess my not having seemed conceited over my good […]
“I was born in London, England, but before I was old enough to become fully aware of the beauties of the largest city in the world, my family came to the United States. So, you see, I’m English by birth only. I’m Californian through and through by adoption, for my parents moved to San Francisco […]
“The fact is, I love acting and am awfully fond of writing, too. As to the directing, although I have done a good deal of it and often put on a photoplay while Mr. Ford is cutting and assembling a picture, I believe that I best like it in the way I do it – […]
“Really, I never do anything exciting that is worth writing about. I guess I am a poor subject….My diary would be similar to this. I arise in the morning, eat breakfast hurriedly, rush down to the studio, work all day, come home, take a cold shower, eat dinner, go to a Motion Picture show, read […]
“I was born in San Francisco, the 17th of April, 1888. My mother died when I was only two years old, and my father when I was ten, so I have been pretty much alone during my life. My grandmother brought me up, and I think the world of her, for she sure is some […]
“All my life, I have loved dancing. I was born in Denver, but spent the greater part of my childhood in Arizona. And night after night I have sung and danced with my shadow, with only the sagebrush for an audience and dear old moon for a spotlight, and with only an occasional yell from […]
“My father was a physician, and I can safely say that I inherited any talent I possess, for my mother was quite a noted singer and sang in the Tabernacle at Salt Lake City on a visit to that place. My aunts and uncles, on my mother’s side, are all possessed of artistic talents and […]
“Of course I have not been working in my picture so very long, but I have noticed many differences in method between the American and English directors. And I must confess that your methods are more thoroughly businesslike than theirs. There is less lost motion over here and more semblance of system in the way […]
“Well, I suppose you want to hear all about my experiences that I have had during the taking of Motion Pictures, so let me first say that the public nowadays requires realism, so it is realism that you are getting. It used to be the old days that many of the thrilling undertakings could be […]
“I was born in St. Louis and attended the Peabody School there until I was about seven. My family then moved to New York, and my prep school was the New Jersey Military Academy, at Freebold, but I finished at one of the smaller Eastern schools in Pennsylvania. In 1900, I left home and went […]