Michael On
Michael On
daughter grandchildren wife
My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You've got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.
retiring
You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.
film paid
You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
stars play roles
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
coal-miners actors photographer
I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.
father stuff causes
My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.
awkward actors
I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.
tough
I'm not tough anymore, I'm 82.
pistols actors vote
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.
use actors british
We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.
done havens
You can't get blase about something you haven't done yet.
promise directors casts
No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one.
stars lying age
You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.
waiting refuse i-can
I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.