American Actor Quotes

Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses, and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.

An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,
Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;
The birds singing gayly, that came at my call,
Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.

John Howard Payne

As actors, we need public relations to campaign for our next possible role, and any media promoting our work seems positive in nature; but whether in theater or on a film set, a bad unprofessional photograph at the wrong angle may not be as flattering to some actors, and may be considered a harmful exposure.

I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.

Of the many horrors of divorce, the most egregious is that it robs a kid of the best of both worlds. Dads can do many things that even the best moms can't, and vice versa.

Adam and I had a special friendship for more than 50 years. We shared some of the most fun times of our lives together; our families have deep love and respect for each other. This is a terribly unexpected loss of my lifelong friend, I will forever miss him. There are several fine actors who have portrayed Batman in films, in my eyes there was only one real Batman and that is and always will be Adam West; He was truly the Bright Knight.

Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurement it invites the attention of perfectionists.

Heywood Hale Broun

Sometimes you don't get a second chance. You need to take a chance when you have the opportunity. Always.

The most important element of breaking into a house is a flashlight, a flashlight will keep ya' on target. You don't wanna be stummblin' around, and it will make it alot crista-crystal-cleaner and crystal like surranwrap you S. O What?, and I'll never tell you a lie 'cause we're gonna get you through this successfully and you wanna have all the stuff were givin' ya now.

Brandon DiCamillo

There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was like drowning in candy.

Women are beautiful when they're young, and not after. Men can still preserve their sex appeal well into old age.... Some men can maintain, if they embrace it... cragginess, weary masculinity. Women just get old and fat and wrinkly.

We used to get arrested every other week — that is, the old man would get arrested.

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

If I wanted to go crazy, I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Food has always been my friend. When I wanted to feel better or had a crisis in my life, I opened the icebox.

I believe there's an intrinsic irreverence in the American psyche, and when something comes along that offers even an echo of that irreverence, people respond to it.

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive

Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them.

Where do the really best laughs come from? Terrific connections made intellectually, or terrific revelations made emotionally.

Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don't hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they created you in a moment of love, and are among the few who knew you when. When they're gone, there won't be anyone to take their place.

Ernest Borgnine

Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine, people I have never discussed vegetarianism with, are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.

Joaquin Phoenix

Help! I'm David of Sesame Street, and they're trying to kill me!

Northern Calloway

Scientists never make science: they simply find it. Every scientific thought they think has been thought for them in the book of nature and they simply rethink it.

I would not want to become an adult in every sense of the word. Who the hell does?

Leonardo DiCaprio