~ John Barrymore Quotes ~

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John Barrymore Quotes


An acclaimed American actor.
John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III. His success continued with motion pictures in various genres in both the silent and sound eras. Barrymore's personal life has been the subject of much writing before and since his passing in 1942. Today John Barrymore is mostly known for his roles in movies like Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1920), Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Twentieth Century (1934), and Don Juan (1926), the first ever movie to use a Vitaphone soundtrack.

Here are some famous quotes by John Barrymore.   

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

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

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

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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

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He neither drank smoked nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally saving his money he died early surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me.