John Barrymore
John Barrymore
John Barrymore was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama, culminating in productions of Justice, Richard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth15 February 1882
CountryUnited States of America
Mr. [John] Barrymore's smile was the smile of an actor who hates actors, and who knows that he is going to kill two or three before the play is over. I am not an actor-killer, but I like my Hamlets to dislike actors, if you know what I mean, and I think you don't.
My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.
When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.
Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.
You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.
The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.
I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.
I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments.
If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.
Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?