Best Charlton Heston Quotes
- Above all, a director has to be a good captain. All
- I'm neither giving up nor giving in. Giving
- Life is full of surprises, isn't it? Full
- You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. Cold
- I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an… Artist
- The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in I came in at a crux in film, which… Big
- You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect. Honest
- An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly. Badly
- A war put off is not a war avoided. Avoided
- A clear enunciation of these rights needs to be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that this basic right of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen… Abiding
- I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man Any
- Celebrity is a corrosive condition for the soul. Celebrity
- As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many. Actor
- Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy. Clint
- In recent years, anyone in the government, certainly anyone in the FBI or the CIA, or recently, in again, Clint's film, In the Line of… Advisor
- To the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to tell you something: You can have my gun. You can pry it from… Cold
- To the world, you are America. America
- As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist. Artist
- Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash… American
- Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money… Any
- You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s. Contrary
- You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA. Cut
- And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be… Artists
- It's been quite a ride. I loved every minute of it. Been
- Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what… All