All Rod Taylor Quotes
I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.
Rod Taylor
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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
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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
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I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.
Rod Taylor
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But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club.
Rod Taylor
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When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.
Rod Taylor
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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