“Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.” Quote by David Lee Roth
“There were times when I got frightened. Things weren't going right, so I just went out and got smashed. That's me. Something goes wrong, I find a bottle. I don't like it about myself but I've done it before and I'll do it again. But I never vanished for days or held up shooting or quit the picture.” DoneQuittingShootingFrightenedBottles Author:George C. Scott
“I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world. You see, through acting you come full circle in your personality and, oh, what a grand time you can have along the way being wonderful people through your characters...I think all the courage that I may lack personally I have as an actor.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMayCharacterActorsMy OwnActingWonderfulPersonalityCirclesTherapeuticFull CircleMy Own Personality Author:George C. Scott
“This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.” UniversalPossessionDestructiveGoodsPerpetualInsatiable Book:Moral Philosophy Source: Moral Philosophy
“I think you have to be schizoid three different ways to be an actor ... You have to be a human being. Then you have to be the character you're playing. And on top of that you've got to be the guy sitting out there in Row 10, watching yourself and judging yourself. That's why most of us are crazy to start with, or go nuts once we get into it.” ThinkingWayHumansDifferentCharacterGuyThreeActorsHuman BeingsCrazyJudgingSittingDifferent WaysNutsSchizoidJudging Yourself Author:George C. Scott
“Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.” WellsReasonMightActorsLosesActingStageHollywoodFinancialLuxuryBroadwayExploits Author:George C. Scott
“We [he and his wife Trish Van Devere] don't talk politics. I'm an independent conservative; she's a radical Democrat. We never vote together.” TogetherWifeVoteIndependentDemocratConservativeRadicalVans Author:George C. Scott
“I think of myself as a fairly decent human being and it gives me great pain to be considered for all the mean S.O.B.s that come along. I've played bird decapitators, puppy stranglers, woman beaters, wife poisoners, child molesters - every goddamn thing you can think of. It was quite scene there for a while. But I think the image is changing...I hope to God the old image is fading from people's minds.” PeopleThinkingGivingMindHumansMeanChildrenPainHuman BeingsWifeSceneBirdGive MeDecentPuppyFadingPoisoners Author:George C. Scott
“I'm really a pussycat and this [bad-boy] image has been totally overblown for 30 years. Sure, I used to rumble a little but I don't do that stuff anymore. I'm an old man now. When you reach your 50s, you realise that if you don't mellow, you won't last.” IfsMenYearsLittlesHas BeensLastsUsedStuffBoysOld ManRealisingMellowBad BoyRumble Author:George C. Scott
“Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men lifted out of sickness by the power of prayer. It is the only power in the world that overcomes the laws of nature.” MenWorldRealLawForcePrayerOvercomingSicknessGravityPhysiciansLaws Of Nature Author:Alexis Carrel