Quotes by Rod Taylor - Page 1

Acting doesn't suffice.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Acting
Suffice
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I am proud to be an actor.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Actors
Proud
I Am Actor Am
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Acting is something I love.
Rod Taylor / Actor
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I'm not doing my work for constant success.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Success
Constant
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I pray and try every day to be a better actor.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Actors
Praying
Trying
Pray
Better Actor
Day Better Every Day
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The most important thing in my life is my work.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Life Work My Life
Important Thing
Most Important Thing
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To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Degrees
Self
Days
Degree
Early
Large
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I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Drama
Mark
Night
Studied
Worked
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I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Age
Radio
Struggle
Tender
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But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Australian
Boxing
Clubs
Surf
Surfing
Captain
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Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Change
Names
Wanted
Studio
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I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Dream
Friends
Charity
Giving
Selling
Charities
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When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Grateful
Successful
Thinking
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Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Art
Kids
College
Fine Arts
Sydney
Anyway
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I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Actors
Australia
Invited
Looks
Paramount
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To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Feels
Paper
Performers
Performer
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I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Roles
Small Roles
Very Good
Picture
Good Picture
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So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Actors
Auditions
Radio
Sydney
Audition
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Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Art
Paint
Six Months
Void
Art I Am Me
Feed
Art Me I Am
Fill
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The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Beauty
Facts
Successful
Unsuccessful
Well-Balanced
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When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Jobs
Actors
Firsts
Painter
First Thing
Insurance
Stinking
The First Thing
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I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Fellows
Hunters
Lucky
Rocks
Hudson
Hunter
Trend
Tab
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I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Wisdom
Artist
Begging
Feet
Giants
Lessons
May
Might
One Day
Poor
Yearning
I Am Me Day
Beside
Complete
Day
Student
Goes
Well
Sit
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I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night, and it made me see how much she really meant to me.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Birthday
Smile
August
Birthday Party
Hitchcock
Night
Party
Me Night See
Attended
Meant
How Much
Magical
Realized
Suddenly
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In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Jobs
Men
Immigration
Mgm
Permit
Real
Real Work
Authorities
Time Work Man
Contract
Every Time
Work Time Man
In The Beginning
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Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Backyards
Mind
Thinking
Good World Your
Apart
Backyard
Good World Mind
Entertain
Make Up
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The sweet smell of success is no perfume for a woman. Say it's old-fashioned, say it's corny, but, as far as I can see, a girl who wears a 'business scent' is not attractive. A woman who flaunts her career as if it was a new hat is not beautiful.
Rod Taylor / Actor
Girl
Beautiful
Sweet
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