Jonathan Frid Quotes & Sayings

I'm interested in villainy. — Jonathan Frid

It took so much of the tension out of me that my friends and family won't see me on this show. — Jonathan Frid

I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely. — Jonathan Frid

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

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. — Jonathan Frid

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. — Jonathan Frid

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

Twice I had been stopped by these jobs, and I thought the role on Dark Shadows would go on for about three or four weeks. And then, the phenomenon began, the role caught on, the mail started to flood in. — Jonathan Frid

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

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. — Jonathan Frid

I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it. — Jonathan Frid

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. — Jonathan Frid