The midfield are like a chef, trying to prise open a stubborn oyster to get at the fleshy meat inside. 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 hourshalfpeople 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 teetherasattitude 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 lightmindmen I've always had good friends and people know that I've got no ax to grind. George Hamilton grindgood-friendpeople 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 tuxedosclimateuse 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 jobspeopleideas I'm kind of like a relic from another era. George Hamilton relicseraskind 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 treatsgood-timesflying I look at scripts as good or bad. If it's bad, it better pay a lot of money. George Hamilton scriptspaylooks 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 cancerdoctorsskins There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in George Hamilton scorecommentatorsfootball 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-movieactorsgiving 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 italiancharacterboys What that situation really needed was a little eyebrows. George Hamilton eyebrowslittlesfootball 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 campaignsdemocracywould-be 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 hangoveraudienceeras We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head George Hamilton irangunfootball 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 handspeoplelooks It flew towards the roof of the net like a Wurlitzer George Hamilton flewrooffootball 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 scriptsnightthinking
