Charlton Heston

The First Amendment is crucial. Of course it is. So are all the others. And the Second Amendment is the one that…

— Charlton Heston

You simply disobey. Peaceably, yes. Respectfully, of course. Nonviolently, absolutely. But when told how to think or what to say or how…

— Charlton Heston

What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force…

— Charlton Heston

Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur,…

— Charlton Heston

I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even…

— Charlton Heston

I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the…

— Charlton Heston

I always thought of myself as inadequate. Kids of divorced parents always feel that way - that, on some subconscious level, they're…

— Charlton Heston

My dad always said he wanted to be remembered for his body of work, and he's made more than 75 pictures, some…

— Charlton Heston

Clergymen tend to be unreliable and pompous figures. Seldom Jewish rabbis, less often Catholic priests, but Protestant ministers tend to be... not…

— Charlton Heston

It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the…

— Charlton Heston

Kids are the most conventional people in the world. It is more important than anything else for them to conform, and I…

— Charlton Heston

Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come…

— Charlton Heston

It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin--every one of these monsters,…

— Charlton Heston

Film is the only art form whose raw materials are so horrendously expensive that the artist cannot afford to buy them for…

— Charlton Heston

In terms of pure physical effort, today was probably as hard as I've worked in any part. I spent the morning rowing,…

— Charlton Heston

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage…

— Charlton Heston

Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person…

— Charlton Heston

And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they…

— Charlton Heston

I'll never forget the blooming happiness that spread in me like the sun coming up when Lydia's obstetrician poked me awake: 'Congratulations...…

— Charlton Heston

Acting, taken to the highest level, requires a fierce, total focus of your time and energy at the cost of just about…

— Charlton Heston

My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas…

— Charlton Heston