31 Quotes by Charles Durning

I can’t count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.

I lack confidence as an actor.

In order for your dreams to come true, you’ve got to stay awake.

Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don’t.

There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don’t want anyone to know about.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

Of course, I’m not often the top dog, but sometimes it’s better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, ‘He couldn’t carry it.’ They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.

I was born a character actor.