Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "

Related Quotes:

" If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting. "

" I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think. "

" I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. "

" All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. "

" In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. "

" Cancer does give you a new rejuvenation. I know what it's like to be down. I lost a couple of good friends - Larry Hagman and Nick Ashford - who had the same type of cancer that I did, and that makes you think. "

" I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. "

" My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them. "

" No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. "

" Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. "

" When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important! "

" Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice. "

" God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.' "

" I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. "

" I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. "

" I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself. "

" People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed. "

" Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week. "

" It's tough to make a movie about movies... We're all too close to it. But 'The Bad and the Beautiful' was very good. "

" I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone. "

" Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. "

" What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. "

" Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. "

" Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody. "

" Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright. "

" I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. "

" I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy. "

" I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. "

" I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself. "

" Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. "