A biography for Norman Lloydhasn’t been written yet.
“I used to watch Babe Ruth for 50 cents. Now, baseball tickets are $400!”
“My family were Conservative Jews. My parents were both born in this country, but my father grew up on the Lower East Side, and my mother was born and raised in Harlem when there was a large Jewish 'colony' there. Eventually, they moved to Jersey City to get away from New York.”
“I don't eat shellfish. I drink wine moderately and have one whiskey every evening before dinner.”
“The writing was vastly superior to almost anything that was on the air. It's one of the great shows. It was an important show... 'St. Elsewhere' was one of the great shows in the history of television.”
“I imagine I was supposed to become a lawyer or something. But this was the Depression; the lawyers I saw were all driving cabs. So I thought, 'Well, if I'm going to be badly off anyway, I might as well be badly off in the theater, where you get used to it.'”
“Connie Bennett, the guys used to stake her, she was so good.”
“I was clearly brought into the whole thing about acting by my mother. She loved the theater. She had a very pleasant singing voice, which she used to sing for her ladies' club.”
“If I go to England, they know I'm not an Englishman, but most Americans think I'm English.”
“You must be active; you must be positive, even if things don't go the way you want them to.”
“Peter Weir is remarkable. He can do anything.”
“When I think back on it, it's amazing what happens to us as we move out into the world.”
“I'm very fond of Amy Schumer. I think she's terrific, an enormous talent.”
“Truly great performers reveal not only their characters but bring everything they know about the world with them. It's not just what's in the script but the story of everything you've done and of who you are. If you're Chaplin, you're the immigrant. No matter what he's doing, he's always the little guy trying to make his place in the world.”
“Renoir had a strong feeling about his fellow soldiers. He'd never disrespect them by putting the war down.”
“There's a conflict between what's in your mind and what's in your body.”
“There were little Charlie Chaplins that you would wind up, and they would walk. I remember vividly. I was sitting in the high chair with the little tray in front of me. My parents would wind it up, and it would walk to me.”
“Everyone's looking for who's hot. What about looking for who's good?”
“People get ideas of how to live or not to live from what you do on television.”
“I always felt it was necessary to keep up some kind of communication with other people.”
“I was playing good tennis up until 100.”