Jonathan Frid Quotes

I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender.

I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it.

I'm interested in villainy.

People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

To me, horror is when I see somebody lying. I mean a person I know. A friend. And he's telling me something that I accept. And then suddenly, as he or she is telling it, there's something that gives them away. They're not telling me the truth.

If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.

The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room.

I'm constantly watching people. Watching their strengths and weaknesses. I find myself going into theater less and less, let alone horror. I gave that up when I was seven or eight years old.