David Manners
David Manners
David Joseph Manners was a Canadian-American actor who played John Harker in Tod Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula, which starred Bela Lugosi in the title role. The following year, Manners portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in The Mummy (1932), another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures.
"I didnt like movies. You see, in a play you become the play, because you start in the beginning and end up at the end of the script. Movies, you do little bits and you dont know where it fits in. You just do a little bit here and a little bit there and you never see the whole thing, you can never act out the whole thing. It has no unity. I would advise anybody-a kid-instead of doing pictures, get experience! Do theater! Get theater in his blood!"
"I think, to be what you are, dont take advice from other people. Find your advice in your heart. Yes, find your advice in your heart. Its yours and you keep it. And if you think its helpful to other people... then share it. I think the things we share are very important."
