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Should've just sacked the guy
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Happy Birthday Marie Magdalene Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 - ∞)
[When asked about the secret of her success] Secret? No secret at all. I work hard, that is all. People say that I have some sort of “quality” - well, maybe I have. How am I to know that? All I know is that I walk onto a stage, stand still, and sing. I think it is Dietrich the woman they like - rather than Dietrich the singer. They pay to see me for what I am.
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♛ᴋɪɴɢ ᴏғ ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ: ᴠɪɴᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ♛
The horror thriller offers the serious actor unique opportunities to test his ability to make the unbelievable believable.
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Leeweek 2022 Day 7: Leeday; Happy Birthday Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (May 27, 1922 - ∞)
“To be a legend, you’ve either got to be dead or excessively old!” - Christopher Lee
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“We may all be a peculiar lot...often broke, often dissatisfied because we're not doing more and better work...but we know how to have a ball that makes the rest of the world seem square.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VINCENT LEONARD PRICE, JR. ♡
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Happy Birthday Marie Magdalene Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 - ∞)
[When asked about the secret of her success] Secret? No secret at all. I work hard, that is all. People say that I have some sort of “quality” - well, maybe I have. How am I to know that? All I know is that I walk onto a stage, stand still, and sing. I think it is Dietrich the woman they like - rather than Dietrich the singer. They pay to see me for what I am.
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I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.
Happy Birthday Béla Ferenc Dezso Blaskó aka Bela Lugosi (20 October 1882 - ∞)
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“He was an extraordinarily warm hearted and generous person…”– Richard Gordon
“He was a serious man– quiet, pleasant, well-spoken and very polite”– Conrad Brooks
“Lugosi was a sweetheart of a guy…”– Angelo Rossitto
“Bela was an incredibly exciting and fun person to be with”– Richard Sheffield
“I found him fascinating, intimidating, charming, exasperating, demanding and generous all at the same time”– Carroll Borland
Bela Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, 20 October 1882 - 16 August 1956 ∞
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Happy Birthday Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 - 15 December 1962 ∞ )
Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting.
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Happy Birthday Peter Lorre (26 June 1904 - ∞)
For a lazy man I work awfully hard. I couldn’t live without acting.
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fave people >> john taylor
Five words to describe you?
A liar, a tart, a sweetheart, a fan, a man’s man
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fave people >> vincent price
I sometimes feel that I’m impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race. I know this sounds sick, but I love it!
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Happy Birthday Jackson DeForest Kelley (Jan 20 1920 – June 11 1999)
I`m very grateful for the career that I`ve had. And I`m very grateful for the experiences that “Star Trek” has afforded me along with my past background. When I look back and think how fortunate I`ve been to work with some wonderful people and had some marvelous experiences, then I can look at “Star Trek” and think it`s almost like the cream on the coffee. I don`t approach it as anything but a magnificent plus.
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Favourite actor meme: Boris Karloff [1 decade]
→1930s
Karloff’s career was perhaps never so wide ranging and successful as it was during this period. After the release of Frankenstein in 1931, Karloff shot to stardom, opening the way for other iconic roles in horror films such as The Old Dark House, The Mummy, The Black Cat, The Raven, The Black Room and the Walking Dead. In over 50 films Karloff’s variety is shown; he is monster, man, madman, scientist, doctor, gangster and even light-hearted detective throughout the decade.
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Happy Birthday William Henry Pratt aka Boris Karloff (23 November 1887 - 2 February 1969)
One always hears of actors complaining of being typed– if he’s young, he’s typed as a juvenile; if he’s handsome, he’s typed as a leading man. I was lucky. Whereas bootmakers have the spend millions to establish a trademark I was handed a trademark free of charge. When an actor gets in a position to select his own roles, he’s in big trouble, for he never knows what he can do best. I’m sure I’d be damn good as Little Lord Fauntleroy, but who would pay ten cents to see it?