Charles Laughton

thumb|They can't censor the gleam in my eye. Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British and American actor. Quotes I knew in a flash Gary had something I should never have. It is something pure and he doesn't know it's there. In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts. On Gary Cooper, during the production of Devil and the Deep (1932). Attributed in Lary Swindell, The Last Hero: A Biography of Gary Cooper (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980) p. 144 They can't censor the gleam in my eye. On the revised script of The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934). Attributed in Bob Thomas, Thalberg: Life and Legend (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969) p. 260 Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it. It's the perfect mummers' home. If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there. Interview in The New York Times (February 1935). Reported in Kurt Singer, The Laughton Story (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1954) pp. 60–61 [I have a face that would] stop a sundial and frighten small children into fits. Attributed in J. P. McEvoy, "The Almost Incredible Laughton", The Atlanta Constitution, vol. 75, no. 119 (11 October 1942) pp. 14, 16 I have a face like the behind of an elephant. Attributed in Kurt Singer, The Laughton Story (1954) p. 53 Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting. Attributed by Jack Gleason in Playboy (1962). Reported in Tony Crawley (ed.) Chambers Film Quotes (1991) p. 178 It's got so that every time I walk into a restaurant, I get not only soup but an impersonation of Captain Bligh. On the influence of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Attributed in Leslie Halliwell (ed.) The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1973) p. 112 All his tough talk is a blind, you know. He's a literate, gracious, kind man, with wonderful manners, and he speaks beautifully — when he wants to. On Robert Mitchum, in The Night of the Hunter (1955). Attributed in James Robert Parish, The Tough Guys (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1976) p. 305, note External links Category:1899 births Category:1962 deaths Category:Actors from England Category:Best Actor Academy Award winners Category:Grammy Award winners Category:LGBT people Category:Immigrants to the United States