“I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping. I find that technology has made it so that we don't need to have a memory system, and as I get older I want to do things that challenge me. What could be more challenging than doing this show with a knee that's been replaced, after tearing my Achilles heel with a baker's cyst on the back of my knee? And then I have to try and dance!” WantNeedsTryingMadeShowsBitsChallengesMemoriesKnownTechnologySingersMade ItKneesHeelsReplacedSlippingAchillesBakersAchilles Heel Author:George Hamilton
“I found a movie called “Light in the Piazza.” I finally made the movie with Olivia de Havilland and myself, but initially there was no way I could make that movie, so I went to work on becoming that character. They told me they had an Italian [actor], and I said, “That’s a Cuban boy!” His name was Tomas Milan. I thought that’s the craziest thing I’d ever heard: They have a Cuban who’s going to play an Italian, and I can’t play it because I’m an American.” WayMadeSaidI CanPlayCharacterLightActorsFoundNamesBoysHeardBecomingItalianCubanCraziestMilanOlivia Author:George Hamilton
“There came [a script called] “Dracula Sucks.” Now, I liked “Dracula Sucks,” but we gotta change [the title]. They said, “If you like that, you’re going to like this: ‘Zorro the Gay Blade.’” I decided I was going to go out and raise the money and develop my own projects. And that’s what I did. I made “Love at First Bite” and I made “Zorro the Gay Blade.” [Script rewriter Hal Dresner] and I put together “Zorro” in about eight weeks.” IfsFirstsMadeSaidTogetherMy OwnWeekGayProjectsDecidedRaisesScriptsEightTitlesBitesThey SaidBladesZorro Author:George Hamilton
“One day when I was working on a movie, I stayed at the beach a little too long, and they said, “You are going to ruin a whole day of shooting because you’re so dark. Two days ago you weren’t like this!” So I started putting that in the character; I made him suntanned all the time.” LittlesLongMadeSaidTwoWholeCharacterDarkOne DayRuinsBeachShootingThey SaidTwo Days Author:George Hamilton
