Anthony Perkins sleeping in between takes on the set of Psycho.
“I once saw the actor Anthony Perkins browsing in one of those obscenely expensive clothing shops on South Granville in my hometown Vancouver. He was wearing ratty shorts and a T shirt, flip-flops (“jandals”) sunglasses and a Breitling watch. If it hadn’t been for the Breitling I wouldn’t have…
Anthony Perkins in his dressing room, 1967.
“It’s satisfying to have grown from where I was to where I am. But there is so much growing still to be done. As long as I live, I’ll be cleaning the past out of my mind, getting rid of those old cassettes I play over and over—-my memories, my beliefs. I want to keep up with my life. Live it so completely that when death comes like a thief in the night, there’ll be nothing left for him to steal.”
Anthony Perkins, April 4, 1932 - September 12, 1992
Anthony Perkins © Philippe Halsman
Anthony Perkins and Ingrid Bergman, 1958. Photographed by Yul Brynner.
Psycho (1960) - Psycho III (1986)
“Well, a boy’s best friend is his mother.”
Psycho (1960)
