Vincent Price
Birthday: 27 May 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birth Name: Vincent Leonard Price Jr.
Height: 193 cm
Actor, writer, and gourmet, Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was born in St Louis, Missouri, to Marguerite Cobb (Wilcox) and Vincent Leonard Price, Sr., president of the National Candy Company. He traveled ...Show More
The wonderful thing about Hawaii is, there, it doesn't take any words at all to say "I love you." Yo Show more
The wonderful thing about Hawaii is, there, it doesn't take any words at all to say "I love you." You can say it with a pineapple and a twenty. Hide
I played so many gentle men at the beginning of my career that I certainly wanted to play some villa Show more
I played so many gentle men at the beginning of my career that I certainly wanted to play some villains and so I got kind of stuck in villains. Hide
I sometimes feel that I'm impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race. I know this so Show more
I sometimes feel that I'm impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race. I know this sounds sick, but I love it. Hide
[on Gene Tierney] Gene was the most underrated actress that we ever had! I've known her since she wa Show more
[on Gene Tierney] Gene was the most underrated actress that we ever had! I've known her since she was about 17; and I adored her! She really wasn't a great beauty or sex idol. When you look at Laura (1944), and people ask why it has lasted, I think it's because of Gene Tierney. There's no way she can look dated. Her hair looks modern, her clothes. She didn't have a great body, but had a body that wore clothes well. Hide
Someone called actors "sculptors in snow". Very apt. In the end, it's all nothing.
Someone called actors "sculptors in snow". Very apt. In the end, it's all nothing.
I hate being old and ill! Don't get old if you can avoid it!
I hate being old and ill! Don't get old if you can avoid it!
Doing a religious picture is a boring thing because everybody is on their best behavior - hoping for Show more
Doing a religious picture is a boring thing because everybody is on their best behavior - hoping for the keys to the kingdom, I guess. Hide
The horror thriller offers the serious actor unique opportunities to test his ability to make the un Show more
The horror thriller offers the serious actor unique opportunities to test his ability to make the unbelievable believable. Hide
A man who limits his interests limits his life.
A man who limits his interests limits his life.
What's important about an actor is his acting, not his life.
What's important about an actor is his acting, not his life.
Hollywood's worst fault is typecasting. John Wayne, Cary Grant, everyone who's been a success - we a Show more
Hollywood's worst fault is typecasting. John Wayne, Cary Grant, everyone who's been a success - we all had the same problem. And they tell me I'm too important to play small character roles; you can't win! Hide
[Tim Burton's Vincent (1982)] was immortality - better than a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
[Tim Burton's Vincent (1982)] was immortality - better than a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
I don't play monsters. I play men besieged by fate and out for revenge.
I don't play monsters. I play men besieged by fate and out for revenge.
A lot of the recent actresses look and act like my niece. Now, she's a good girl, but I wouldn't pay Show more
A lot of the recent actresses look and act like my niece. Now, she's a good girl, but I wouldn't pay to see her. Hide
"Gothic" is just a word recalling a multitude of sins!
"Gothic" is just a word recalling a multitude of sins!
[on accepting the role of Baka in The Ten Commandments (1956)] You aren't a movie actor until you've Show more
[on accepting the role of Baka in The Ten Commandments (1956)] You aren't a movie actor until you've been in a DeMille film. Hide
Suddenly in the '50s, a whole new group of actors came out: Marlon Brando, James Dean and Paul Newma Show more
Suddenly in the '50s, a whole new group of actors came out: Marlon Brando, James Dean and Paul Newman, who were very moody and realistic. So actors like myself and Basil Rathbone and so on didn't really fit into those realistic dramas and we began to do costume pictures. This was really the only place we could go on working if we wanted to survive as actors. Most of the things of my later career have been costume pictures. They require a certain knowledge of the language, they require enunciation and a poetic approach to the language. Really, the one thing we have over the apes is our language, isn't it? That's about all. Hide
Vincent Price's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (217)
Vincent Price'S roles
Baka
Victor Marton
Fran
Charles Dexter Ward
Roderick Usher
Arthur P. Loudermilk
Robert Neville
The Inventor
Frederick Loren
Rice
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