I was a hangover of that era where they’d say “Take off that medal! Is that a St. Christopher medal? You’re going to lose your audience with that.” George Hamilton More Quotes by George Hamilton More Quotes From George Hamilton I can tan quickly. What takes people hours to do, I can tan in half an hour. George Hamilton hours half people While I put forth the suntan and the teeth and the cavalier attitude, I've survived under the worst of eras and times, and I've always had a good time doing it, because I never really took myself seriously, nor did I take life seriously because it is already terribly serious. George Hamilton teeth eras attitude To my mind, there are no unattractive women; only those who haven't been awakened by love . . . A woman is often like a strip of film-obliterated, insignificant-until a man puts the light behind her. George Hamilton light mind men I've always had good friends and people know that I've got no ax to grind. George Hamilton grind good-friend people Once, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row and asked him to make me a suit that I could wear in any climate and which I could use as a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a lounge suit and a blazer. George Hamilton tuxedos climate use Entertainment was transportation. You were supposed to take somebody out of their seat and bring them back in. You’re not supposed to impose your values or your supposed knowledge to manipulate or control people. That was not your job. You were not supposed to use the bully pulpit of Hollywood to pound people with ideas. You’re there to entertain. George Hamilton jobs people ideas I'm kind of like a relic from another era. George Hamilton relics eras kind I had a good time doing ["The Congressman"], and I hope that Treat [Williams] and I plan to go flying in his [private] jet! George Hamilton treats good-times flying I look at scripts as good or bad. If it's bad, it better pay a lot of money. George Hamilton scripts pay looks I've been in the sun most of my life. I've gone to skin doctors and they'll say to you, 'We should remove this because it's pre-cancerous,' and I'll say, 'Explain pre-cancerous to me.' I'll listen for about twenty minutes and I'll say excuse me, 'Is pre-cancerous like pre-dead? So you're saying it could turn into cancer but it's not cancer?' George Hamilton cancer doctors skins There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in George Hamilton score commentators football I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under contract, and because you’re under contract, we’d like to you to work. I said, well, that seems fair. But if it’s a really good movie, they were going to give it to a particular actor that was not under contract. The bottom line was they were going to pay you more if it was a bad one and pay you less if it was a good one. George Hamilton good-movie actors giving 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. George Hamilton italian character boys What that situation really needed was a little eyebrows. George Hamilton eyebrows littles football Democracy if it meant what our forefathers said, that would be great but unfortunately it's been corrupted by this funding and funding of campaigns. There's a much better way to do it. There could be a small amount of money given by every taxpayer to be dedicated to candidates. George Hamilton campaigns democracy would-be We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head George Hamilton iran gun football It's hard for people to get their hands around fame, because it's heady stuff, and you have to look at it as being dangerous explosives, and you have to handle it with care. George Hamilton hands people looks It flew towards the roof of the net like a Wurlitzer George Hamilton flew roof football At MGM there was a script cage in the basement where they’d show rushes. And I thought to myself, “How do I get into the script cage and find out what my future is?” I climbed into the script cage one night and spent the whole night in there. I saw the bowels of MGM. I saw the studio scripts that the producers had seen; the writers had just handed them in. And I started thinking this is a chance to pick my own roles. George Hamilton scripts night thinking It's my personal opinion and I'm not espousing it to anybody else, I think your immune system and how healthy you are determines how you react to any excess of any kind. George Hamilton healthy personal-opinions thinking
