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once marlon brando said Of Oscar-nominated actor Montgomery Clift: “He acts like he has a mixmaster inside him, and he doesn’t want anyone to know it.”
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In fact, it looks like the brand was pretty cheeky. According to the book Hollywood Chat: Stars gossip about other stars, once marlon brando said“Bob Hope will attend the opening of the supermarket.”
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After James Dean appeared in his first big movie, east of edenbrand too famously said“Mr. Dean seems to be wearing my last year’s wardrobe and capitalizing on my last year’s talents.”
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However, the brand did not escape its own criticism. once trevor howard called Marlon Brando: ‘It’s unprofessional and totally ridiculous’ They co-starred in the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty.
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A little later, Christopher Reeve once said david letterman Marlon Brando, he says, “just called” and “didn’t care” late in his career.
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Marlon Brando collaborated with silent film pioneer Charlie Chaplin to make the film in a gathering of legends. A countess from Hong Kong. After that, he called Chaplin was “probably the most sadistic man I ever met” and “a selfish tyrant and penny-pincher”. He also described him as a “horribly cruel man”.
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Co-stars exchanging insults sums up some of my favorite examples. with a set of Introducing Danny Wilson. frank sinatra He reportedly called co-star Shelley Winters a “blond, bowlegged guy from Brooklyn,” and Winters called him a “skinny, talentless, stupid Hoboken guy” and even punched him. It is said that
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once robert mitchum said Of his co-star Greer Garson, he says, “I had given up on taking pictures seriously around the time I made the movie with Greer Garson, and she turned me down after 125 takes.”
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Biography I Like Wilder: The Life and Controversial Movies of Billy Wilder state Humphrey Bogart mocked William Holden, calling him “pretty” and a “sweetheart,” and Holden, in turn, had strong words for Bogart. “I hated that bastard,” he said. “He was always stirring things up when he didn’t need to be.” Sabrina together.
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Laurence Olivier was famously cruel to his co-stars. he called Merle Oberon said she was a “stupid amateur”, Joan Fontaine said she was “disgusted”, and of Marilyn Monroe, “my hatred for her was one of the strongest emotions I had ever felt”. As for Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, he said, “I wasn’t going to learn acting from those two.”
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Olivier too criticized Especially when it comes to Shakespeare, the performances of other actors such as John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Peter O’Toole were excellent. After seeing O’Toole halmet He said, “I felt very embarrassed as a poor man.”
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The timing is a little shocking since Lauren Bacall is an Old Hollywood star and Tom Cruise clearly isn’t, but Bacall lived long enough to have some harsh words to say about Cruise. “When we talk about great actors, we’re not talking about Tom Cruise,” she says. said. “His entire behavior is so shocking. Using a private life to sell something commercially is inappropriate, vulgar and absolutely unacceptable, but I think this is kind of sick,” she said. He was referring to Cruise’s very public relationship with Katie Holmes.
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Katharine Hepburn also lived quite a long time, long enough to be interviewed by Barbara Walters. In her interview, Walters seemed to criticize Katharine Hepburn for always wearing pants, but she said that Katharine had one skirt so Walters wore it to her funeral. She replied that she intended to.
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Katharine Hepburn famously became more outspoken as she got older. After starring Sharon Stone, basic instincts, Hepburn said“This is a new low for an actress when she has to think about what’s between her ears instead of her legs.”
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Hepburn herself was not immune to criticism. writer dorothy parker said “She expresses every emotion from A to B,” the four-time Best Actress Oscar winner said.
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Hepburn previously said Of child star Shirley Temple, he said, “Acting is the least of the talents. After all, Shirley Temple was able to do it at the age of four.”
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and comedian Tootie Fields. said Temple’s “Shirley Temple had charisma as a child, which she cured as an adult.”
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This isn’t exactly Old Hollywood, but it’s so casually cruel that I have to include it. james caan called once Bette Midler: “So stupid.” He added: “She’s not a bad person, but she’s stupid in terms of gray matter. I mean, I like her, but I also like her dog.” The two co-starred in For boys.
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Ava Gardner appeared Calling Clark Gable a fool, he once said, “Clark is the kind of guy you can say, “Hey, Clark, how are you doing?”” He’s at a loss for answers. ”
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John Wayne too one time He called Gable an “idiot” and said, “You know why he’s an actor? That’s the only smart thing he can do.”
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Wayne also called Montgomery Clift an “arrogant bastard”…
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…and Gene Hackman is “one of the worst actors in Hollywood.”
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Talulah Bankhead famously didn’t get along with Bette Davis. she was once said About Davis, “There’s nothing I wouldn’t say to her face…both of us,” she said. said About Davis, he said, “After all the nice things you said about that old hag, Bette Davis. If I ever catch her, I’ll rip all her mustaches off!”
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Bette Davis similarly cut much of her public statements about other stars. After co-starring with Errol Flynn, sisters and Elizabeth and Essex’s personal life In the 1930s, she said As for Flynn, “He was just beautiful. He himself said openly, ‘I really don’t know anything about acting,’ and I admire his honesty, because what he says is absolutely true. Because it’s right,” he said.
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Davis was once said Jayne Mansfield’s “In her opinion, dramatic art is knowing how to stuff a sweater.”
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But Davis’ most famous feud was What happened to Baby Jane? Co-starring Joan Crawford. After Crawford’s death, Davis, who had a famous feud with her, reportedly said: said“You shouldn’t say bad things about the dead. Only say good things. Joan Crawford has passed away…Good!”
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Another Bette Davisfamous insult Joan Crawford’s? “Why am I so good at playing a bitch? I think it’s because I’m not a bitch. Maybe that’s why Miss Crawford always plays women.”
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Joan Crawford also had some appropriately harsh words for Davis. she was once said Davis said: “She was always keen to hide her face in movies. She called it ‘art’.” Others may call it camouflage, hiding the absence of real beauty. ”
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crawford also said Of Davis, “Bette will play anything as long as she thinks someone is watching. I’m a little more selective than that.” another timeshe insulted Davis’ performance. “I don’t hate Bette Davis, even though the press wants me to. I’m mad at her. I don’t care how much she’s shown off from a series of mannerisms rather than real acting ability. I don’t understand how you made a career out of it. Take away the pop eyes and the cigarettes,’ and those funny cut-out words, and what have you? She’s a phony, but I think the public likes it. ”
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Crawford on another occasion, said“I’m quiet and Bette is explosive. I have discipline and she doesn’t,” and “She has a cult. What’s a cult but a rebel group without a cause? I There’s a big difference.”
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Crawford’s dig wasn’t just about Davis. At the Photoplay Awards dinner, Joan Crawford told reporter Bob Thomas: that Marilyn Monroe’s cleavage was “the most shocking display of bad taste I’ve ever seen. Look, there’s nothing wrong with my breasts, but I’d throw them in people’s faces.” I won’t.”
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She wasn’t the only one to say negative things about Marilyn. Otto Preminger said of Marilyn Monroe: “Directing her was like directing Las Vegas.”
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and tony curtis said Kissing scene with Marilyn Monroe Some people like it hot It was “like kissing Hitler,” he later elaborated, “someone said to me, ‘Hey, what’s it like to kiss Marilyn?'” Asking such questions is like kissing Hitler,” I said. That’s where it came from. ”
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orson welles once said He hated Woody Allen “physically” and said, “I can’t stand talking to him. He has Chaplin’s disease. That special combination of arrogance and cowardice makes me nervous.” said. When director Henry Jaglom, who was talking with Wells, suggested that Allen was shy, Wells replied, “He’s arrogant. Like all people of timid character, there’s a certain amount of arrogance in his arrogance.” There are no limits. A person who speaks quietly and cowers among his peers is incredibly arrogant. He acts shy, but he is not afraid. He hates himself and loves himself. To me, it’s the most embarrassing thing in the world. — A man who exposes his worst self for laughs and relief from suffering, and everything he does on screen is therapeutic. ”
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In the same conversation, Welles also said, “I couldn’t bear to watch Bette Davis, so I didn’t want to see her act.”
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Wells said of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, “I hate Wolfgang. He’s kind of shitty. I think he’s a horrible little guy.”
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He also described Norma Shearer as “one of the most talented women to ever appear on the silver screen, who looked like she had one eye crossed over the other”.
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Remember Talulah Bankhead from earlier in this post? Now, after Somerset Maugham refused to cast her in one of his plays, Bankhead reportedly said“Mr. Maugham, there are two more things I would like to say to you. The second is ‘off’.”
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Looks like Natalie Wood said His sister Lana said that Elvis “could sing, but he couldn’t do much else.” The two dated briefly in the 50s.
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Frank Sinatra once referred to Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen described her as a “chinless wonder” and compared her to a chipmunk. He even sent his girlfriend her tombstone.
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Screenwriter S.J. Perelman said about Groucho Marx: “This man was a great comedian: he had the compassion of an icicle, the rudeness of a carnival sill, and the generosity of a pawnbroker.”
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John Gielgud said Swedish actor Ingrid Bergman’s “Dear Ingrid, I speak five languages, but I can’t act in any of them.”
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Fanny Brice said Famous for her swimmer-turned-movie star, Esther Williams was often photographed underwater. She said, “Even if she’s wet, she’s a star. Even if she’s dry, she’s not a star!”
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Dyan Cannon said “I don’t think he could have coaxed his nephew into the bathroom,” coach Otto Preminger said. Preminger instructed her. We are very good friends.
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Elliott Gould once called Comedian Jerry Lewis is a “moody, ritualistic, pious, chauvinistic egomaniac.”
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Finally, this one is more playful. At the 51st Oscar Awards ceremony in 1979, Shirley MacLaine publicly “Warren, Warren, Warren, imagine what you could accomplish if you tried being single,” he called out to his brother Warren Beatty, who famously had many relationships as a young star.
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