Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Basil Rathbone

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor Basil Rathbone.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC was an English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films.

English - Actor | June 13, 1892 - July 21, 1967

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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

Basil Rathbone

Could you let me have the 3 weeks due to me now and if I work again before August I must of course repay you at the rate of exchange you let me have it at now if you kindly will.

Basil Rathbone

Sometimes I just crave to play in Shakespeare again and I know and love playing Orlando so much.

Basil Rathbone

Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.

Basil Rathbone

I cannot tell you much about the picture- it depends on so many things, the first of which that comes to my mind is: splendid as he is, is there too much of Spencer Tracy.

Basil Rathbone

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Basil Rathbone

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