Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.
Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.
I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.
I've got a lot of ham in me.
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.
Lionel Barrymore starred with brother John in four films, between 1932 and 1933. These films were, Arsene Lupin, Grand Hotel, Night Flight, and Dinner At Eight.
In 1913, Lionel's salary for making the movie The Tender Hearted Boy was 15 dollars a day.
Lionel's salary while working on the film Friends, in 1912, was $10.00 a day.
Every year from 1936 until his death, Lionel voiced Scrooge in the radio version of A Christmas Carol.
Lionel stared in 213 movies over his 45 years in show business.
Lionel's second wife was actress Irene Fenwick. They were married from June 14, 1923 until her death on December 24, 1936. Irene Fenwick suffered from what would be diagnosed as Anorexia Nervosa today. She died at 49 from complications of the disease.
Lionel is best known for his role as Mr. Potter in the Christmas classic It's A Wonderful Life.
Lionel and his sister, actress Ethel Barrymore, were the first brother and sister Oscar winner.
Lionel is buried in Calvary Cemetery, in Hollywood, California, next to his brother John and his second wife Irene.
Lionel is the Uncle of actor John Drew Barrymore and the Great Uncle of actress Drew Barrymore.
Lionel won the Best Actor Oscar in 1931 for his role in the movie A Free Soul.
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