Ronald Colman
Birthday: February 9, 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Birth Name: Ronald Charles Colman
Height: 178 cm
British leading man of primarily American films, one of the great stars of the Golden Age. Raised in Ealing, the son of a successful silk merchant, he attended boarding school in Sussex, where he firs ...Show More
Whenever I hear of young actors down and out and broke in New York (and what a cliché of show busin Show more
Whenever I hear of young actors down and out and broke in New York (and what a cliché of show business it is supposed to be!), I remember my own experiences in 1921 - and find it no laughing matter by any criterion. Hide
I persevered in those English films, and persevered is the word, though I am the first to admit that Show more
I persevered in those English films, and persevered is the word, though I am the first to admit that I was a very bad actor in them. Hide
I haunted the Hollywood studios; I had no introductions. I was just on the outside. I was vastly imp Show more
I haunted the Hollywood studios; I had no introductions. I was just on the outside. I was vastly impressed by what I saw and heard there: the range of buildings, the ceaseless commotion of little knots of people excitedly planning outdoor scenes, whole cinema villages perched on the hillsides and populated only when the camera was there. That first sight of Hollywood gave me ambition. I inquired of a passerby about agents, and sought one out. He was at his desk, leaning back, reading a film magazine and steadily thickening the air with cigar smoke. I told him what I had done and I remained standing there, fumbling with my hat. He did not look up from his magazine. 'Do you think,' I ventured again, 'there might be a chance for me in Hollywood?' 'I wonder,' said he. Just that, nothing more, and I walked out. Hide
[to his agent] Before God I'm worth 35 dollars a week. Before the motion picture industry I'm worth Show more
[to his agent] Before God I'm worth 35 dollars a week. Before the motion picture industry I'm worth anything you can get. Hide
I loathe war. I'm inclined to be bitter about the politics of munitions and real estate, which are t Show more
I loathe war. I'm inclined to be bitter about the politics of munitions and real estate, which are the reasons of war. It certainly taught me to value the quiet life and strengthened my conviction that to keep as far out of range of vision as possible is to to be as safe as possible. Hide
It's twenty-two years since I made The White Sister and that's a long time. I'm not ambitious to mak Show more
It's twenty-two years since I made The White Sister and that's a long time. I'm not ambitious to make too many pictures today, but I have never put any actual restriction on the number. I am guided entirely by the character of the stories which come to me from the studio. Of necessity, one thinks in terms of a picture a year or at the most three pictures every two years under those circumstances, but as far as I am concerned I would have no antipathy toward more if the subject were obtainable. A director might be something to consider for the future, but I am quite satisfied to remain the actor as long as there seem to be assignments at fairly regular intervals. Hide
A man usually falls in love with a woman who asks the kind of questions he is able to answer.
A man usually falls in love with a woman who asks the kind of questions he is able to answer.
Fame has robbed me of my freedom and shut me up in prison, and because the prison walls are gilded, Show more
Fame has robbed me of my freedom and shut me up in prison, and because the prison walls are gilded, and the key that locks me in is gold, does not make it any more tolerable. Hide
They talk of the artist finding liberation in work, it is true. One can be someone else in another, Show more
They talk of the artist finding liberation in work, it is true. One can be someone else in another, more dramatic, more beautiful world. Hide
Why should I go to dull parties and say dull things just because I wear greasepaint and make love to Show more
Why should I go to dull parties and say dull things just because I wear greasepaint and make love to beautiful women on the screen? Hide
I visited agents, knocked at producers' doors; no one was interested. I was just another stage actor Show more
I visited agents, knocked at producers' doors; no one was interested. I was just another stage actor on tour, on the outside of Hollywood looking in. I returned to New York depressed and disappointed. Hide
Ronald Colman's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (14)
