Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Johannes Heesters

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch actor Johannes Heesters.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Johannes Heesters

Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters, known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s. He worked as an actor until his death and was one of the oldest performing entertainers in history, performing shortly before his death at the age of 108. Heesters was almost exclusively active in the German-speaking world from the mid-1930s and became a film star in Nazi Germany, which later led to controversy in his native country. He was able to maintain his popularity in Germany in the decades until his death.

My secret to a long, healthy life is to always keep working. It keeps me busy and happy and gives me a reason to stay alive.
Sure, I acted in films in the Third Reich, entertainment films, which distracted countless people inside and outside Germany from daily life during war.
Politics is dirty, and I don't like to talk about dirty things... My conscience is clear. — © Johannes Heesters
Politics is dirty, and I don't like to talk about dirty things... My conscience is clear.
To have nothing to do, to sit there waiting for little aches and pains, is fundamentally wrong. Life has to be lived.
My secret to a long, healthy life is to always keep working. It keeps me busy and happy, and gives me a reason to stay alive.
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