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> [I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/i-can-t-say-i-was-unhappy-as-a-child-actor-in-films-i-had-a/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

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## More by Roddy McDowall

> [My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/my-whole-life-i-ve-been-trying-to-prove-i-m-not-just-yesterday/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you're not acting - you believe. Ah, if an adult could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/i-enjoyed-being-in-movies-when-i-was-a-boy-as-a-child-you-re-not/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [I still have the actor's disease. I always think I'll never get another job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/i-still-have-the-actor-s-disease-i-always-think-i-ll-never-get/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/i-can-t-say-i-was-unhappy-as-a-child-actor-in-films-i-had-a/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/they-said-i-couldn-t-play-anything-but-an-english-boy-i-knew-i-could/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you're not acting - you believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/i-enjoyed-being-in-movies-when-i-was-a-boy-as-a-child-you-re-not-2/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [All you can do is make a piece of product, sell it on its own terms, stand behind it and hope that people will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/all-you-can-do-is-make-a-piece-of-product-sell-it-on-its-own-terms/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/i-started-to-study-because-i-knew-i-had-to-learn-a-lot-about-myself/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/fortunately-i-happened-to-go-east-at-a-time-when-live-television-was/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-mcdowall/beware-the-beast-man-for-he-is-the-devil-s-pawn-alone-among-god-s/)

[Roddy McDowall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-mcdowall/)

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