Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylorwas an Australian actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including roles in The Time Machine, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, Darker Than Amber, The Train Robbers, and Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds as Winston Churchill, which was his final film appearance...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 January 1930
CountryAustralia
To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.
In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.
I am proud to be an actor.
Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.
Acting doesn't suffice.
I'm not doing my work for constant success.
I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.
I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.
Acting is something I love.
The sweet smell of success is no perfume for a woman. Say it's old-fashioned, say it's corny, but, as far as I can see, a girl who wears a 'business scent' is not attractive. A woman who flaunts her career as if it was a new hat is not beautiful.
I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.
Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard.
When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.