Happy Birthday: Anthony Perkins (1932–1992)

 Anthony Perkins (1932–1992)

Born: April 4, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 12, 1992 (age 60) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Berry Berenson (9 August 1973 – 12 September 1992) (his death) (2 children)

[on playing Norman Bates in Psycho (1960)] Not many people know this, but I was in New York rehearsing for a play when the shower scene was filmed in Hollywood. It is rather strange to go through life being identified with this sequence knowing that it was my double. Actually, the first time I saw Psycho and that shower scene was at the studio. I found it really scary. I was just as frightened as anybody else. Working on the picture, though, was one of the happiest filming experiences of my life. We had fun making it – never realizing the impact it would have.

I have a lot of affection for Norman Bates and a lot of sympathy. So does the audience, I think. He’s not just a monster. He’s tortured. The real secret of the Psycho movies is that they’re tragedies first and horror movies second.

The violence in the Psycho movies is born out of plot, passion and character… Don’t just dispatch people by six to the reel and say it’s entertainment.

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