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
My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me.
Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good
The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good.
Busy yourselves with this, you damned walruses, while the rest of use proceed with the libretto.
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.
Dying is the last thing I will ever do.
My head is buried in the sands of tomorrow, while my tail feathers are singed by the hot sun of today.
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.