Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn, Jr., OCwas a Canadian-American actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside Jessica Tandy, his wife for over fifty years...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 July 1911
CityLondon, Canada
business handle hustling marriage outside script stand
To try and stand outside the marriage, I'd say we have complementary capabilities. I do the hustling and the business. I do more script reading. I handle contracts.
bad crawling gone married slowly suddenly time worked
I've had a bad time, which we won't dwell on. We were married and we worked together for 52 years, and suddenly with her gone I was a quadriplegic. Slowly I'm crawling back.
best bloody
Look, you do the bloody well best you can. You fumble. You make mistakes.
age-and-aging becomes business energies grows
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
animal needs actors
To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.
apology play trying
I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology.
jobs littles unhealthy
I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive. I don't know what to do about it. I'm a little old to change.
cutting weakness planning
I do a lot of planning and plotting. That's my greatest weakness. If I'm not terribly careful, I'll plan to a point where it could come out cut and dried.
kids way
I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids.
contentment difficult
I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment.
money hate spending
I'm going to teach you to HATE spending money.
play mind want
I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.
important energy aging
The whole business of marshaling ones energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.