In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum. Anthony Quinn More Quotes by Anthony Quinn More Quotes From Anthony Quinn I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians. Anthony Quinn girl wind country They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies. Anthony Quinn fire men lying On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience. Anthony Quinn audience stage ifs Having talent is like having blue eyes. You don't admire a man for the colour of his eyes. I admire a man for what he does with his talent. Anthony Quinn eye blue men I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame. Anthony Quinn freeze Will no man ever do something without a why, just like that, for the hell of it? Anthony Quinn decision-making decision men A big talent steals, a small talent borrows. Anthony Quinn stealing talent bigs I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting. Anthony Quinn sculpting painting No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids. Anthony Quinn parent forever kids See how special you are? I serve you coffee in the parlor. Anthony Quinn special-you coffee special I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays. Anthony Quinn sunday one-day insomnia I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians. Anthony Quinn names boys mean I love, love, love women. Anthony Quinn I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with. Anthony Quinn madly-in-love barcelona son There's no sense that you're there forever. No parent is there forever. Anthony Quinn parent forever The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me. Anthony Quinn rhode-island islands thinking And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role. Anthony Quinn london roles challenges Bob Taylor and I playing brothers. And I was a Mexican bandit. And he was the sheriff of the town. And we loved each other. We loved each other very much. Anthony Quinn bob mexican brother Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico. Anthony Quinn west-coast railroads mexico And I loved Frank Lloyd Wright. I think he was the greatest man I have ever met in my life. Anthony Quinn mets men thinking
