152 Quotes by Charlton Heston

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

In recent years, anyone in the government, certainly anyone in the FBI or the CIA, or recently, in again, Clint's film, In the Line of Fire, the main bad guy is the chief advisor to the president.

Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely.

And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.

The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking.

You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.