Ron Moody
Ron Moody
Ron Moodywas a British actor, singer, composer and writer best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver!and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination for the stage production. Other notable projects include The Mouse on the Moon, Mel Brooks' The Twelve Chairsand Flight of the Doves, in which he shared the screen with Oliver! co-star Jack Wild...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth8 January 1924
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Public access is now a hot political issue. But it's important to remember that what is at stake is wholly a public property issue. Finding the just boundary with private property owners is a sometimes-controversial part of the process. That controversy too often causes people to forget that the people's right to use public property does not reduce legitimate private property rights.
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I've worked with the old dames and knights - Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson - they're the most incredibly humble, kindly people because they are so big that they don't need to be unpleasant.
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Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film.
Fate destined me to play 'Fagin.' It was the part of a lifetime.
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We're a small group of grumpy old men who simply will not be denied access to public land,
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I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets.
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I'll never forget seeing 'Guys and Dolls' over and over. I used to sit up in the coliseum watching this magnificent musical. Brilliant.
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I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.
love morning
I love getting up in the morning with nothing else to do except write.
goes
I always write 'Fight' on the mirrors - that goes way back to the times when you had to fight apathy.
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I felt very insecure about whether I was up to recreating my stage 'Fagin' in front of a camera.
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I don't think a professional agent or theatre manager would say my career had gone as well as perhaps it should have after that first 'Oliver!' success, but then again I was never really intending to have a career in the professional theatre in the first place.
life
Summer of 1967 was one of the happiest times of my life.
develop people
The world is always reinventing itself, and so should you. I used to say, 'I haven't started yet.' Sadly, most people don't develop their potential.