Carroll O'Connor
15 quotes
Biography
"Even a true artist does not always produce art."
"Some misinformation is funny and really harmless. The blabber merchants have always trumpeted show-biz salaries as feverishly as if the security of the commonwealth depended on the revelations. They have never given the public the right information. I, for example, was widely reported to be making twenty-five million when in my best year I was making five. (There is a question, which I have considered elsewhere, whether the press ever gives us reliable information on anything.)"
"Have I changed with the passing years? No. I do talk less because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over? Because I have never changed my opinions about anything."
"All in the Family was intellectual it was art."
"Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome."
"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."
"One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made."
"Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs."
"All in the Family was intellectual it was art."
"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."
"I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got."
"Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail."
"I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job."
"In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards."
"Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women."