John Miljan
“The public tires of heroes. Heavies go on and on. They even improve with age, while leading men are apt to fade.” — John Miljan Source: 1947 Photo: George Hurrell (1930s) The Crimson City (1928). Co-starring Myrna Loy.
Category: Character Actors
Roland Young
“The dominant trouble with pictures is the lack of unity and cohesion in them. You can’t hope for good results when, in as complicated a business as the making of a picture, the executives complicate it further by putting 15 writers on one script, besides all the directors’ yes-men, and the rest. There was one […]
Charles Ruggles
“If anyone cast me for a villain, I’d love it. But I just wouldn’t know what to do about it.” — Charles Ruggles
Thomas Mitchell
“A lot of people say I’ve deserted my art because I left Broadway and the stage. Hell, I’m no artist. I’m a working man. I’ve got a trade just like any other mechanic, and I follow my trade where the work is. Just now it’s in Hollywood, but I’m not tied to Hollywood.” — Thomas […]
Cliff Edwards – Ukulele Ike
“I bought a uke and learned to play it at night. Someone told me they were looking for ukulele players in Chicago cabarets, so I quit my $12 a week lunchroom job I then had and got $50 a week in a Chicago cabaret. Next I broke into vaudeville and went to New York for […]
Andy Devine
“I never won an Oscar, but I’ve lent money to a lot of guys who did. I never starred in pictures. I was always the second man through the door. I never got the credit when a picture was a hit, but I never got blamed for all the crap that I was in either.” […]
Noah Beery Jr.
“They paid me $250 a week [in 1926], which was a good salary, but I got that for many years afterwards without a raise. Sometimes they’d fire me by dropping my option, but they’d always hire me again.” — Noah Beery Jr. Source: 1979
Marjorie Main – Photos and Quotes
“I got my first dramatic training under the guise of elocution, a term which covered a multitude of sinful things in my youth.” — Marjorie Main (1890-1975) It was a tongue-in-cheek reference to her ministerial father, who had warned her that the theater was a gateway to hell. Much has been written about Main’s […]
Fred Allen
“California is a fine place to live – if you happen to be an orange.” – Fred Allen (1894 – 1956)
Edna May Oliver – Character Star
“It’s this face of mine. No one can mistake it. If I were a dramatic actress, people wouldn’t dare approach me as they do. Being just a comic, they come up to me wherever I am and ask me anything.” – Edna May Oliver Source: Franc Dillon (1935) The Penguin Pool Murder (1932). Co-stars […]