Michael On
Michael On
waiting refuse i-can
I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.
korea soldier world
I had been in that part of the world as a soldier in Korea, so I had been interested in Vietnam.
selfish want reason
Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.
years actors agents
When you're a young actor you ring your agent every evening. It's not like when you're in Hollywood where you do one picture a year. You just hope you get a day on television.
editors lazy trying
I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.
laughter father years
I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.
stars character interesting
For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?
trying lucky film
In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.
oscars chance seventies
By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?
nominations might gods-will
God willing, even I might scrape a nomination.
hero stuff young
I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.
knows
I didn't know what I knew. I wasn't aware of what I knew.
wander
I don't see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
great-times
I've had such a great time, I'd like to come back as me - and do it all over again.