Hume Cronyn Professions : Actor Born : July 18, 1911 Died : June 15, 2003 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Hume Cronyn The whole business of marshaling ones energies becomes more and more important as one grows older. Hume Cronyn important age birthday I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch. Hume Cronyn mind want play I'm going to teach you to HATE spending money. Hume Cronyn spending money hate I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment. Hume Cronyn difficult contentment I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids. Hume Cronyn kids way 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. Hume Cronyn planning weakness cutting 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. Hume Cronyn unhealthy littles jobs I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology. Hume Cronyn apology play trying 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. Hume Cronyn energy animal needs 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. Hume Cronyn bad back together time To try and stand outside the marriage, I'd say we have complementary capabilities. I do the hustling and the business. I do more script reading. I handle contracts. Hume Cronyn stand marriage business reading Look, you do the bloody well best you can. You fumble. You make mistakes. Hume Cronyn mistakes best look you Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
