19 Quotes by Hume Cronyn

I've had a bad time, which we won't dwell on. We were married and we worked together for 52 years, and suddenly with her gone I was a quadriplegic. Slowly I'm crawling back.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.

I'm going to teach you to HATE spending money.

The whole business of marshaling ones energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

I’m going to teach you to HATE spending money.

I fill my life with a lot of ‘busyness’ in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It’s compulsive. I don’t know what to do about it. I’m a little old to change.

I’m a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I’m sure I imposed that on my kids.

I do a lot of planning and plotting. That’s my greatest weakness. If I’m not terribly careful, I’ll plan to a point where it could come out cut and dried.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can’t restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.