7 quotes by Claude Rains (1889-1967), English (Actor)

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Claude Rains

Hollywood to me is a place to work. Home is Chester County.

Claude Rains

Take part. Contribute. Be interested in everything and everybody.

Claude Rains

Often we'd secretly like to do the very things we discipline ourselves against. Isn't that true? Well, here in the movies I can be as mean, as wicked as I want to - and all without hurting anybody.

Claude Rains

God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent.

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I learn the lines and pray to God.

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I'm only a poor corrupt official.

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Claude Rains

Born: November 10, 1889
Died: May 30, 1967
Nationality: English
Profession: Actor

Biography

William Claude Rains was a British-American film and stage actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man (1933), he appeared in such highly regarded films as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Wolf Man (1941), Casablanca and Kings Row (both 1942), Notorious (1946), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).

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CLAUDE RAINS

(William Claude Rains)