80 Quotes by David Carradine

Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it’s bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn’t scare me at all.

I’m not regretful about dropping acid, but I could have stopped it a little sooner.

My big fight is not in the movie and I don’t understand that decision but I know he’s right about it, whatever it is. Quentin did not hire me because I’m a kung fu expert; he hired me because he liked to listen to me talk.

The success of the ’86 movie with Brandon Lee demanded some kind of continuation. Plus, I had always contemplated a modern version.

I was enough of an acrobat and a gymnast and a dancer and everything else so that I could handle the kung fu, because it’s just choreography.

Because you know how you say I’ve got to really get down and really do some training and then of course, you never do or you do it for a couple of weeks and slough it back off again but I’m being forced to do something that I really want to do and I loved it.

I’ve worked with a lot of real heavy hitters, and Quentin is maybe heads and shoulders, at least a forehead, above just about anybody I’ve ever worked with.

But, Tarantino has seen all of my movies. He’s seen my good stuff, he’s seen my bad stuff, he’s seen the ones I directed, he’s read my autobiography. There’s an awful lot of things he knows about me, all of which I think had something to do with his casting.

One thing I’ve noticed is that I can tell when a young actor or a young actress is going to become a huge star. Everybody else will say, “Oh come on, Michelle Pfeiffer, are you kidding?” and I’m pretty much always right about that.