Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican-born American actor, painter and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including La Strada, The Guns of Navarone, Zorba the Greek, Guns for San Sebastian, Lawrence of Arabia, The Message and Lion of the Desert. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice: for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth21 April 1915
CityChihuahua, Mexico
CountryMexico
I love, love, love women.
I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.
Having talent is like having blue eyes. You don't admire a man for the colour of his eyes. I admire a man for what he does with his talent.
You've got everything except one thing: madness! A man needs a little madness, or else...
They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies.
On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.
I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead.
Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract $300 a week. He says take it. You'll never get that money from me.
Now, Marlon and I - for some reason, even today - even today, we can't say two words to each other. We really can't talk to each other. You know, I say to him - Marlon can't talk. I mean, he'd talk to you. But he can't talk.
First of all, I only get 50 percent of it, because, I mean, the galleries get 50 and 60 percent. I mean, that's normal. I understand that. I don't quarrel with that.
I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now.
Well, I mean, bread, I mean, I've got to have bread too to live.
I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after awhile.
In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum.