Robert Morley
Robert Morley
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBEwas an English actor who was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." More politely, Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 May 1908
Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.
Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch.
I have never willingly chased a ball.
If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.
A party: one arrives long after it's started, and one's going to leave long before it's over.
It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential.
A cough is a symptom, not a disease. Take it to your doctor and he can give you something serious to worry about.
Fat men get knocked over by buses no earlier, nor later, than thin men. And I, for one, have buried most of my thin friends.
There is little to compare with the thrill of standing next to the creature in the winner's enclosure avoiding his hooves and receiving the congratulations of the press, your trainer and friends who backed it. What makes the experience so satisfying is that you, the owner, have had absolutely nothing to do with the horse winning.
Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."
I have little patience with anyone who is not self-satisfied. I am always pleased to see my friends, happy to be with my wife and family, but the high spot of every day is when I first catch a glimpse of myself in the shaving mirror.
A man who has his initials on his pyjamas must be uncertain of himself. Surely you should know who you are at bed time.
If the critics were always right we should be in deep trouble.
We are articulate, but we are not particularly conversational. An Englishman won't talk for the sake of talking. He doesn't mind silence. But after the silence, he sometimes says something.