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 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.
second-amendment president safe
I intend to dedicate my remaining time as president of the NRA to ensure that the Second Amendment is safe from Al Gore and all those who threaten it.
men two president
I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man
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.
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.
thinking rocks rock-music
I don't think rock music has any positive function.
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.
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.
men moses proportion
To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.
mom rocks government
One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands that rock the cradle rule our families and governments and corporations. The hands that wrote the Constitution rule this nation'.