I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me. Rod Taylor More Quotes by Rod Taylor More Quotes From Rod Taylor I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture. Rod Taylor small-roles very-good roles I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night, and it made me see how much she really meant to me. Rod Taylor party birthday night The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others. Rod Taylor successful beauty facts 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. Rod Taylor artist wisdom feet 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. Rod Taylor girl beautiful sweet Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint. Rod Taylor void six-months art To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer. Rod Taylor performers paper feels To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed. Rod Taylor degrees self Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College. Rod Taylor college kids art I am proud to be an actor. Rod Taylor proud actors Acting is something I love. Rod Taylor acting Acting doesn't suffice. Rod Taylor acting I'm not doing my work for constant success. Rod Taylor constant success I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night. Rod Taylor mark drama night I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities. Rod Taylor friends dream giving I pray and try every day to be a better actor. Rod Taylor actors praying trying I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles. Rod Taylor radio struggle age When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again. Rod Taylor grateful successful thinking 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. Rod Taylor actors jobs firsts I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky. Rod Taylor hunters rocks lucky
