Harry Dean Stanton Quotes

I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I could be an actor, I could do all of it.

Harry Dean Stanton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 14, 1926

Topics

SingingThoughtActorAlwaysSinger

I was born in 1926, right. In 1939, war broke out. And that has a tremendous effect on everybody's life because the basic principle of a human being is whether they're gonna be alive or dead in the morning. Now with the war on, you can't guarantee that, especially living in a city like Leeds where we had air raids and all that.

Jimmy Savile

LifeMorningWarCityYouBorn

It's so nice when you go on to a job and you've worked with someone before.

Jodie Comer

JobSomeoneYouGoNiceBefore

To a guy like me, a laugh is full of information.

Jerry Seinfeld

MeLaughInformationGuyLikeFull

American books reflect our common heritage with many other nations and their influence upon our culture. The influences are endless, linking us with the rest of the world. Thus, they are good ambassadors for us.

Robert Kennedy

GoodCultureInfluenceWorldRest

I love America, it's a much more permissive place.

Amy Winehouse

LoveAmericaPlaceMoreMuchI Love

At the highest level of your craft, you don't have to play games or make people feel small; you can just embrace.

Sterling K. Brown

PeopleSmallFeelYouPlayEmbrace

I am very liberal and fairly exhibitionistic. I don't really have a problem with nudity or anything like that.

Stephanie Corneliussen

I AmProblemAnythingLiberalLike

Whatever life throws at me I'll take it and be grateful for it as well.

Tom Felton

LifeThankfulGratefulMeWhatever

My mother is British; she's from Shrewsbury. She turned me onto 'Monty Python' very early.

Jason Bateman

MotherMeEarlySheBritishPython

When I got home from hospital, and I was in a wheelchair in a plaster body cast, an aeroplane flew over. And I thought to myself, 'Well, if I can't walk, then I might as well fly.' And I was lifted into the aeroplane for the first time. And when I took the controls of the aeroplane, I knew this was something I could do. I thought, 'I can fly.'

Janine Shepherd

HomeTimeMyselfWalkFlyThought

Anyone familiar with my work knows I'm no sappy sentimentalist.

Derf

WorkKnowsFamiliarSappyAnyone

Music is my breath, blood and food - without music I would perish; the actor in me would die.

Dhanush

MusicFoodMeDieBloodActor

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