Sydney and I made so many pictures together we were becoming Abbott and Costello, so we broke up. You know Greenstreet was a comedian before he played 'The Maltese Falcon' and in that picture his dialogue consisted of seven pages… — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
Being typed is not important. For a while vou are typed as one thing. You get out of that. Then you are typed as something else. You can break away from everything except comedy. It's fatal to be typed as… — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
I don't want to brag, but I can make people laugh and then be terrified. — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
I didn't speak English very well, but I studied day and night so I'd be ready for my first break. When Hitchcock interviewed me… — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
There is really no such thing as terrifying people. It's the situation and the scene that count. Not the actor. — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
Actually, Hollywood is the reverse of what most outsiders think it is. It is not a crazy, nervous place. An actor is less bothered… — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
Interviews are horrible. All your life you are trained not to talk about yourself. Then you are expected to do nothing else, to talk… — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
Despite the fact Hollywood classes me as a 'type,' I find the roles broad enough to handle all the acting technique I can summon… — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
Actually I made only one out-and-out horror picture, 'The Beast with Five Fingers,' though I have done a lot of suspense and mystery films,… — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
