Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Hestonwas an American actor and political activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 October 1923
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Charlton Heston quotes about
thinking alcohol our-society
I think narcotics and alcohol, and even tobacco are enormously costly ingredients in our society.
television facts mediums
My dissatisfaction with television as a medium has nothing to do with the audience or the fact that you don't require as much time to do it as you do a movie, but with its technical limitations.
powerful successful political
Lenin in 1921 observed very presciently that motion pictures were the most powerful tool ever invented to shape the way we thought. He was right. Political films can be successful.
art raw-materials film
Film is the only art form whose raw materials are so horrendously expensive that the artist cannot afford to buy them for himself.
art motivation film
The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.
sex thinking tolerance
In the mainstream film market, certainly in television, sex is handled fairly discreetly. I think the abuse of extraordinarily graphic violence and language presses much closer to the tolerance of public taste.
thinking rocks rock-music
I don't think rock music has any positive function.
thinking people president
We don't think well of our presidents when they are serving. Even Kennedy, with such a short presidency, was beginning to lose his remarkable appeal to the American people when he was suddenly sainted by death.
people four efficiency
I've come to feel very strongly, not as a joke, that if you appoint a committee of more than four people, their efficiency starts to deteriorate.
kids hands play
I've been a public person for most of my life. It has advantages and disadvantages. I can't take my kids to Disneyland. On the other hand, I can get a table at a restaurant or tickets to a play.
eye thinking views
You have to be very careful to view yourself with a somewhat skeptical eye and to remember that you're not here taking down everything I'm saying because you think I'm such a marvelous fellow but because your editors say go get 1,200 words or whatever on Chuck Heston.
pistols kind used
I've used too many pistols in too many movies. They're kind of heavy to carry...
sex mechanic engaged
The physical mechanics of sex are pretty funny unless you are engaged in them. Then they are, of course, marvelous.
character firsts actors
It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the outside right first.