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" My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it. "
Robert Vaughn
Vietnam War
War
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" I've been obsessed with clothes since I was a little boy. "
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Little
" I went to college with James Coburn and Steve McQueen was a very good friend. "
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Good Friend
Very
College
" My goal was always to get better roles, and in my case, performing on stage really led to great opportunities. My breakthrough came when I did Calder Willingham's 'End as a Man' on stage and was spotted by Max Arnow, who'd been the casting chief for Columbia. "
Robert Vaughn
Opportunities
Better
End
" Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time. "
Robert Vaughn
Cut
Today
Time
" All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo. "
Robert Vaughn
Did
Myself
Solo
" James Dean and Dennis Hopper were members of the health club I went to. "
Robert Vaughn
Club
Were
Members
" I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned. "
Robert Vaughn
Never
Career
Direction
" In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force. "
Robert Vaughn
Fear
Force
Dominant
" I was actually a single man until I was 41. Rather late. Irish marry late. "
Robert Vaughn
Irish
Rather
Marry
" If I could earn the living that I earn in motion pictures and television in the theater, I'd be doing theater. But you can't. Nor come even close to it. "
Robert Vaughn
Pictures
Living
Television
" Ian Fleming and Norman Felton were friends. 'U.N.C.L.E.' was basically a tongue-in-cheek 'Bond.' It wasn't quite as serious and dramatic as 'Bond,' nor did we have the budget for that. "
Robert Vaughn
Friends
Bond
Budget
" While at college, I did my first lead on a network TV show, Medic. "
Robert Vaughn
Show
Network
Lead
" I read Superman comics when I was a kid. "
Robert Vaughn
Read
Comics
Kid
" By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries. "
Robert Vaughn
Supreme
Virtue
Being
" With a modest amount of looks and talent, and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into 50 years of good fortune. "
Robert Vaughn
Talent
Looks
More
" I've made somewhere around 150 pictures, and a lot of them are B-pictures, I can tell you that. I'd say there's about one hundred of them I don't remember. "
Robert Vaughn
Pictures
Say
Remember
" I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried. "
Robert Vaughn
Close Friends
First
Now
" So for Bullitt, I just put my black hat back on. "
Robert Vaughn
Hat
Put
Just
" We shoot 'Hustle' for 12 to 16 weeks, so that's how long I'm here each year. I've always loved London. I lived here for three years back in the Seventies, when I did a TV series, 'The Protectors,' for Lew Grade. "
Robert Vaughn
Three
Always
Long
" I have always been adventurous and rather daring. "
Robert Vaughn
Adventurous
Always
Been
" My belief in God is responsible for what I am... How can I refuse to talk about something which is so much a prt of my life both as a man and as a actor? "
Robert Vaughn
I Am
God
Belief
" Finally, when the money was high enough, the script suddenly revealed itself as being very clear to me. "
Robert Vaughn
Enough
Clear
Finally
" Why do people embrace God? In my opinion, belief in God and an afterlife is a necessary extension of man's need to feel that this life does not end with what we call death. "
Robert Vaughn
People
God
End
" My childhood beliefs became so much a part of me that even today I find myself automatically living by a personal standard of conduct which can only be explained as resulting from my religious training. "
Robert Vaughn
Me
Myself
Today
" The one they always forget is Brad Dexter. "
Robert Vaughn
Dexter
Forget
Always
" About 15 years later, I was given all 113 episodes on tape. "
Robert Vaughn
Later
Tape
About
" Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement. "
Robert Vaughn
Achievement
Always
Believe
" I sincerely believe I could have wounded up in a lot of trouble if I had not been taught as a boy to fear Hell, and to believe that certain wicked acts could lead me to damnation. "
Robert Vaughn
Believe
Trouble
Hell
" I was inspired by Cary Grant. I wanted to do the kind of work he did and to work in light-hearted roles, in comedies. "
Robert Vaughn
Inspired
Kind
Wanted
" 'Hustle' is wonderfully enjoyable because all my life, I've made an effort to be with people who can make me laugh. That original cast - Marc Warren, Jaime Murray, Robert Glenister and Adrian Lester - are all funny. So I know every day I'll have a few good laughs. "
Robert Vaughn
Effort
People
Life