# Favorite Hollywood Stories?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hollywood-stories/1013172 "2025-01-20T18:54:23Z")\
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> [@mbh](#):
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> Victor Mature once applied to join a country club. When told that the club did not admit actors, he replied, “I’m not an actor — and I’ve got 64 films to prove it!”

Heh. The Peter O’Toole character in _My Favorite Year_ declares, "I’m not an actor, I’m a _movie star!"_

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At that, to hear George Hamilton tell it: [“He recalls making a public appearance with George Peppard, and someone asked the intense actor if he was a movie star. “George responded kind of gruffly saying, ‘No I’m an actor.’ ” The person looked at me and asked if I was an actor, too. I responded ‘No, I’m a movie star.’ ”](https://www.saratogian.com/2011/10/19/the-timeless-george-hamilton-finds-the-perfect-role-in-la-cage-aux-folles-at-proctors-theatre-oct-26-through-oct-30/amp/)

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> [@dorvann](#):
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> There is the probably apocryphal story that one of the attendees of Bela Lugosi’s funeral asked if they should drive a stake through his heart “just to be sure”.

I can’t remember if Karloff told this story himself or it was told about him, but reportedly he leaned over the open casket at the funeral and said in a low voice, “Bela, if you’re fooling about this…” (not an exact quote)

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