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Peter Lorre
3 quotes
“[Speaking of his horror roles] You know I can get away with murder. The audience loves me.”
Peter Lorre (1904–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For a lazy man I work awfully hard, I couldn't live without acting. In fact anybody who can live without that feeling is a complete idiot.”
Peter Lorre (1904–1964) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Movie Villain Peter Lorre Found Dead in His Hollywood Apartment", Los Angeles Times (March 24, 1964)
“Me act? Why, I just make faces! Really, that's all I do, I make lots of faces and they pay me for it. The director says: "You're mad, Peter. Make like you're mad.” Then pretty soon someone calls out “one hour for lunch”! I follow the others to the commissary and later return to the set. "Make like you did before lunch, Peter," says the director. "Make like you're mad." So I make like I'm mad again and before long someone says, "wrap 'em up. That's all for today." So I go home, have dinner, go to bed, get up, report for work again and the director says: "Make like you're mad again, Peter. Make like you did yesterday." I find it so easy. I just look mad and like old man river I keep rolling along doing devilish things in motion pictures.”
Peter Lorre (1904–1964) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona, May 5, 1957), p. 43