Richard O'Brien
Richard O'Brien
Richard O'Brienis an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer. He was born in England, and is a dual citizen of New Zealand and the United Kingdom...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 March 1942
creative theatre lucky
I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do that - whether it be film or television or theatre or whatever. I'm also still into music and recording.
dream
Don't just dream it. Be it!
halloween eye devil
He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise. He had a pickup truck, and the devil's eyes. He stared at me and I felt a change. Time meant nothing, never would again.
hollywood bedtime very-good
Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood.
britain-and-america australia television
We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television.
together world three
However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all three together, that's fine.
thinking want suits
Yes, but I think the big thing for everyone is to wear what they want and what suits them.
play intellectual roles
To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.
mind shadow lurking
There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.
horse cowboy actors
The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses.
kind fame empty
So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing.
night next goes-on
It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging.
real play people
I've never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.
fame driven
I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.