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
Well, I mean, you have an emotion, you want to express it. You don't just look in the camera and do it. You want to hide from the embarrassment of your brother saying you're not allowed to come into my town.
Oh, yes, my grandfather was Irish, and he was - he was with a visiting bunch of Irish that came to fight in the revolution in Mexico.
Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.
I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians.
And I loved Frank Lloyd Wright. I think he was the greatest man I have ever met in my life.