Never Quote by Peter Lorre

For a lazy man I work awfully hard.

— Peter Lorre

I don't like the word 'villain' or 'heavy.'

— Peter Lorre

I don't want to brag, but I can make people laugh and then be terrified.

— Peter Lorre

It got so that I couldn't play anything but a Peter Lorre character.

— Peter Lorre

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

There is really no such thing as terrifying people. It's the situation and the scene that count. Not the actor.

— Peter Lorre

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

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

The audience loves me.

— Peter Lorre

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

I've been billed as the world's most imitated actor.

— Peter Lorre

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