19 Quotes by Roddy McDowall

Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York.

Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him, drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.

I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you're not acting - you believe. Ah, if an adult could only act as a child does with that insane, playing-at-toy- soldiers concentration!

I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you’re not acting – you believe. Ah, if an adult could only act as a child does with that insane, playing-at-toy- soldiers concentration!

I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can’t act the same as you did as a child.

I can’t say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.

My whole life I’ve been trying to prove I’m not just yesterday.

I still have the actor’s disease. I always think I’ll never get another job.

They said I couldn’t play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.