Claude Rains Quotes

#1. I was shocked. A dying word, "shocked." Few people have been able to use it well since Claude Rains so famously said, "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here," as he pocketed his winnings in Casablanca. But it's the only word for excitement and alarm of this intensity.

David Denby

#2. It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair.

Gloria Stuart

#3. I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one of them was 'The Phantom of the Opera' with Claude Rains that was in color. It was something very important for my career because I began to follow these stories that were morbid.

Dario Argento

#4. Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.

Gloria Stuart

#5. We're all in charge of our own lives - and we have to live with the consequences of the choices we make. Those

Richelle Mead

#6. I learn the lines and pray to God.

Claude Rains

#7. My family history begins with me, but yours ends with you.

Iphicrates

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

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#9. There's a death sentence for your Robin of Locksley.

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#10. I'm only a poor corrupt official.

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#11. You're weak. Be strong and it's easy.

Jared Leto

#12. 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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#13. 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

#14. You know," he says, "for someone who doesn't like touching people, you keep finding ways to put your hands on me.

Victoria Schwab

#15. Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.

George Mason

#16. Corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table.

Arianna Huffington

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

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