John Carradine quotes

“Directors never direct me. They just let me loose.”
-- John Carradine

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“Milan. What a beautiful place to die.”
-- John Carradine

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“John Barrymore was a serious actor who did a great deal of research for all his parts, until, I guess, he was around 50. Then he started drinking heavily . . . So he drank himself to death. It took him 10 years.”
-- John Carradine

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“My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.”

“We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure out before you work on something how much blood you will have to let emotionally.”

“I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.”

“Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. December 7, 2010.

“A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.”

Source : "Alan Parker: 'I like the craziness of the film set'" by Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2013.

“You have seen me at my worst and at my weakest. Let me show you my best.”

Source : Alison Goodman (2011). “Eona”, p.281, Penguin

“Let me say the good are often punished unfairly.”

“The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.”

“If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.”

Source : "Adam Brody on Life After The O.C. , Working with Megan Fox and Witnessing the Birth of Brangelina". Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2009.

“Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here.”