Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs. – Carroll OConnor
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. – Carroll OConnor
In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards. – Carroll OConnor
I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real. – Carroll OConnor
I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I dont want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, theres a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly. – Tom Hanks
For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder. – F. Scott Fitzgerald