Australian - Actor | January 11, 1930 - January 7, 2015
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club.
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I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.
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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.
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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.
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Acting doesn't suffice.
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Acting is something I love.
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Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.
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Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name.
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