44 Quotes by John Barrymore

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks

Busy yourselves with this, you damned walruses, while the rest of use proceed with the libretto.

My head is buried in the sands of tomorrow, while my tail feathers are singed by the hot sun of today.

Mr. [John] Barrymore's smile was the smile of an actor who hates actors, and who knows that he is going to kill two or three before the play is over. I am not an actor-killer, but I like my Hamlets to dislike actors, if you know what I mean, and I think you don't.

A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.

Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.

The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good

My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.