Carroll O'Connor Quotes

Nations have come under the control of haters and fools.
Carroll O'Connor

Control, Haters, Fools

I'm lucky. Lord, I'm lucky.
Carroll O'Connor

Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both.
Carroll O'Connor

Talent, Both, Gift

Even a true artist does not always produce art.
Carroll O'Connor

Art, True, Artist

All in the Family was intellectual; it was art.
Carroll O'Connor

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
Carroll O'Connor

Good, Fool, Character

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.
Carroll O'Connor

Hate, Stupid, Done

It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else.
Carroll O'Connor

Else, Value, Seems

Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.
Carroll O'Connor

Business, Both, Welcome

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.
Carroll O'Connor

Hated, Satire, Savvy

Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.
Carroll O'Connor

Men, Fail, Reputation

I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job.
Carroll O'Connor

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.
Carroll O'Connor

Business, Real, Show

I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got.
Carroll O'Connor

Good, Run, Gave

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.
Carroll O'Connor

Society, Create, Rewards

It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.
Carroll O'Connor

Depression, Others, System

Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.
Carroll O'Connor

Happy, Hero, Thought

My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?
Carroll O'Connor

Nothing, Why, Irish

My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.
Carroll O'Connor

Life, Laughter, Joy

Not all celebrities are dunces.
Carroll O'Connor

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.
Carroll O'Connor

Business, Number, Loving

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.
Carroll O'Connor

Women, Works, Theater

The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable.
Carroll O'Connor

Enemy, Artist, Unlike

The wages of pedantry is pain.
Carroll O'Connor

Pain, Wages, Pedantry

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed.
Carroll O'Connor

Character, Down, Old

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: August 2, 1922

Died: June 21, 2001

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