39 Quotes by Rod Taylor

I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.

I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night, and it made me see how much she really meant to me.

The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.

To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.

In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.

I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.

Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.