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title: "2 Actor Kind Quotes By David Carradine"
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> [Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/most-actors-spend-a-lot-of-time-training-themselves-to-be-an-actor/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/david-carradine-19371_actors_most-actors-spend-a-lot-of-time-training_1244039.jpg)

> [Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/most-actors-spend-a-lot-of-time-training-themselves-to-be-an-actor-2/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

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## More by David Carradine

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/my-big-fight-is-not-in-the-movie-and-i-don-t-understand-that-decision/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/why-would-you-be-afraid-of-death-it-would-be-an-inconvenience-i-have/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/quentin-wanted-to-create-this-special-world-in-which-everybody-walks/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [“Is that not the perfect visual image of life and death? A fish flapping on the carpet, and a fish not flapping on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/is-that-not-the-perfect-visual-image-of-life-and-death-a-fish/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [In the second installment, I pretty much dominate the show. Somehow or another, though, I manage to apparently dominate the first show pretty well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/in-the-second-installment-i-pretty-much-dominate-the-show-somehow-or/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [Well I would never say to anybody that Warren Beatty got fired, but uh, I think he and Quentin fell out of love, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/well-i-would-never-say-to-anybody-that-warren-beatty-got-fired-but-uh/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/quentin-and-i-were-constantly-finding-something-new-that-we-had-in/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [I remember when I did the pilot, and I though no network is going to want to do this. How could that happen? A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/i-remember-when-i-did-the-pilot-and-i-though-no-network-is-going-to/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [“If you can not be a poet, be the poem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/if-you-can-not-be-a-poet-be-the-poem/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/i-don-t-need-to-convince-anybody-that-i-know-kung-fu-but-maybe/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/most-actors-spend-a-lot-of-time-training-themselves-to-be-an-actor/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/born-to-play-hmmm-probably-romeo-or-hamlet-i-guess-also-i-d-be-a/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [There's an alternative. There's always a third way, and it's not a combination of the other two ways. It's a different way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/there-s-an-alternative-there-s-always-a-third-way-and-it-s-not-a/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [I think it may have been Tom Wolfe (if it wasn't, my apologies, Tom, and my apologies to whoever it was) who said in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/i-think-it-may-have-been-tom-wolfe-if-it-wasn-t-my-apologies-tom-and/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-carradine/because-you-know-how-you-say-i-ve-got-to-really-get-down-and-really/)

[David Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-carradine/)

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