Michael On
Michael On
coal-miners actors photographer
I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.
reading book cinema
I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.
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.
years guy theatre
The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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.
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.