Robert Osborne Quotes

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• There’s something about Olivia de Havilland that has always set her apart from other actresses. Maybe it’s the combination of warmth, sensitivity and intelligence she…
• Of all the jaw-droppingly beautiful women who've become genuine movie stars, none has had a longer film career (62 years), has been filmed in Technicolor…
• I can't imagine any one more delightful to sit and talk with about movies on a regular basis.
• I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants to…
• I always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I…
• As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with…
• I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have.
• America once had the clarity of the pioneer ax.
• My age and my phone number are both unlisted.
• I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like…
• My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got…
• I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my imagination was vivid,…
• I always felt that Bette Davis was one of the great screen actresses who never really got her due - she won two Oscars, but…
• Doris Day started performing at a young age, had a tough road to success, and once she achieved it delivered the goods 100 percent and…
• There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight.
• I think Kennedy being assassinated changed the world. That shot changed everything about America, and made us cynical, made people discontent and angry.
• Seeing New York in the movies is what made me want to live in Manhattan one day. I eventually got my wish, and the city…
• I went to California at a perfect time... when many of those people that I had admired so much in films were not working that…

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