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Robert Vaughn

(1932–2016) Actor

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Robert Vaughn was an actor, best known for Then And Now.

Quick Facts About Robert Vaughn

Born: November 22, 1932
Died: November 11, 2016
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Then And Now

About Robert Vaughn

Robert Francis Vaughn was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades and who was best known for his role as the secret agent Napoleon Solo on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–68). He was a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, two Laurel Awards, and four times for the Golden Globe Award. Vaughn also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Robert Vaughn

I enjoy working on stage. Having relationships with the audiences and question and answer sessions afterwards. I enjoy that.

Enjoy

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Of course, neither David or myself ever saw a penny from them; it was the early days of merchandising.

Days

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I was studying American politicians who were searching - allegedly - for American communists because it would put them on the front…

Home

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My childhood beliefs became so much a part of me that even today I find myself automatically living by a personal standard…

Childhood

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I can't allow myself to be caught up in chaos. It makes me crazy.

Caught

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For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.

Discipline

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Acting has always been very boring to me. Anyone not in television to become a millionaire is a simpleton.

Acting

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I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics.

Irish catholic

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I was a complete wreck as a child, emotionally unstable, excessively prideful.

Children

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I think the main change is the fact there are so many women involved on the set now.

Change

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In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force.

Beginning

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I was actually a single man until I was 41. Rather late. Irish marry late.

Irish

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So for Bullitt, I just put my black hat back on.

Black

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Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement.

Achievement

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I read Superman comics when I was a kid.

Superman Comic

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When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.

1960s

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My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.

Hollywood

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When you go on a movie set, there used to be one woman: script supervisor. Now they were in all capacities in…

Capacity

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James Dean and Dennis Hopper were members of the health club I went to.

Club

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I love London. I loved it when I went there in the late '50s.

Late

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I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned.

Concerned

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I went to college with James Coburn and Steve McQueen was a very good friend.

College

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I have no idea what's going on in television because I really don't look at it.

Ideas

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The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries.

Answers

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I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried.

Close friends

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