“It seems that I was destined to act. At the tender age of three I danced across the stage in a sort of vaudeville show at Brighton, one of England’s seaside resorts, faintly related to Atlantic City. In a cunning little skirt of stiff tulle, and wearing tiny silver wings, I was Cupid with a […]
“I’ve been in this game long enough to realize there’s no such thing as a new quip….The object is to make a quip sound fresh by giving it a new turn, or tying it up with modern slang or situations in the news.” — Bob Hope Source: Irving Wallace (1940) Photo: 1939 “He’s the […]
“Only a few of my films ever made any real impression. I never really cared about acting at all.” — Michael Rennie “Acting is a business today so business training is valuable.” — Michael Rennie Source: Dick Kleiner (1960) “Although we’ve intellectualized ourselves a long way, we are still animals — and animals […]
“To live sanely in Los Angeles (or, I suppose, in any other large American city) you have to cultivate the art of staying awake. You must learn to resist (firmly but not tensely) the unceasing hypnotic suggestions of the radio, the billboards, the movies and the newspapers; those demon voices which are forever whispering in […]
“The only acting I ever did was trying not to blink because as soon as I pick up a gun, I start blinking.” — Roger Moore “It’s a period in my life I just laugh about now. I remember my biggest part was opposite Lana Turner in a bomb called ‘Diane.’ Time magazine said […]
“I will not be ignored.” — Vivien Leigh “It was a terrific strain making ‘Gone With the Wind,’ and toward the end our nerves were all shot. And no wonder! We worked under three different directors, first George Cukor, then Victor Fleming and finally, Sam Wood. No sooner did we get used to the […]
“I said to this priest, ‘Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was really going to be upset? Okay, thou shalt not kill…steal…but thou shalt not commit adultery? If no one is any the wiser, what the hell difference does it make?’ He was lovely. He […]
“Hollywood is a chain gang and we lose the will to escape. The links of the chain are not forged with cruelties but with luxuries.” — Clive Brook Year: 1930. Artist: Lill Tschudi (1911-2004). Linocut. 255 x 170 mm. The Lawyer’s Secret (1931). Starring Jean Arthur, Charles Rogers, Fay Wray and Richard Arlen. […]
“I would be satisfied to show my pictures in ten or twelve selected cities, and find ample audience for the things I could do without shame. It is a very good thing to make up your mind about whom you are going to please. One cannot hope to appeal to everyone who attends the film […]
“When I was nine I played the demon king in Cinderella and it launched me on a long and happy life of being a monster.” – Boris Karloff “This creature of yours should be kept under guard. Mark my words. He will prove dangerous.” — Line from Frankenstein (1931). “Horror means something revolting. […]