I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin. — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, it's only one-third of what I earn. With the kids… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
You don't see something until you have the right metaphor to perceive it. — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
“You can’t sing Beethoven from the neck up --- you’ll bleed! Beethoven is not precious. He’s prodigal as hell. He tramples all over nicety.… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
The arts are not simply skills: their concern is the intellectual, ethical, and spiritual maturity of human life. And in a time when religious… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
You never know who's going to be in the audience. You never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the first… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
Success lasts only three seconds. After that, you're the same as you were before you had it. — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
Satan and all his agents, with all their combined strength and subtilty, cannot separate one soul from Christ. — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
