Norman Lloyd Quotes

United States, Actor
November 8, 1914

Norman Lloyd (born Norman Perlmutter) is an American actor, producer and director with a career in entertainment spanning over nine decades. He has worked in every major facet of the industry including radio, theatre, television and film dating back to the Great Depression, and at 104 years of age is the oldest working Hollywood actor as of 2019.

Also known as Producer, Director

I move slowly, and I used to move fast. I miss that.

Norman Lloyd
- Move
- Miss
- Fast
Actors are, in a sense, like athletes. They've got to stretch once in a while.

Norman Lloyd
- Actors
- Sense
- Stretch

An actor can grow stale in a bad part. Actors grow stale, generally, because there's no demand on them.

Norman Lloyd
- Actor
- Grow
- Demand
I always felt it was necessary to keep up some kind of communication with other people.

Norman Lloyd
The Jews are an artistic people. It's clear from the music, the actors, the writers. They are just artists. In the early part of the 20th century, when they first came over, they had no money, but they still went to theater. The theater and education were the two biggest things in their lives.

Norman Lloyd
- Education
- Theater
- Jews
When I think back on it, it's amazing what happens to us as we move out into the world.

Norman Lloyd
- World
- Happens
- Move
People get ideas of how to live or not to live from what you do on television.

Norman Lloyd
- Live
- Ideas
- Television
There's a conflict between what's in your mind and what's in your body.

Norman Lloyd
- Mind
- Body
- Conflict

If you're in the groove, you get something back from the audience that is so exciting and rewarding that no film or television work can possibly compete.

Norman Lloyd
You must be active; you must be positive, even if things don't go the way you want them to.

Norman Lloyd
- Want
- Positive
- Active