Quotes by Richard O'Brien

About Richard O'Brien:

Richard O'Brien is an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer.
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I am 58 and it's difficult for people to gauge my age.

Richard O'Brien

I absolutely adore working in the realms of fantasy.

Richard O'Brien

I never wanted to be aligned to a mature group because they go off and become politicians and stuff.

Richard O'Brien

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.

Richard O'Brien

I would have loved to have been in The Stand. I would also loved to have been in The Mask.

Richard O'Brien

I'm one of those people who never really joined the grown-ups.

Richard O'Brien

I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.

Richard O'Brien

I've never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.

Richard O'Brien

It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging.

Richard O'Brien

Not that I have any interest in saying goodbye to Rocky. I absolutely adore being involved and a part of something that is really a phenomenon.

Richard O'Brien

So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing.

Richard O'Brien

The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses.

Richard O'Brien

There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the audience.

Richard O'Brien

There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.

Richard O'Brien

The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast.

Richard O'Brien

Well, when you do something like Rocky which is indefinable somehow, it always becomes difficult to lose that.

Richard O'Brien

With the film around for 25 years and the show being around even longer - still running and continuing to fill house all around the word - it's really an exciting and wonderful thing to be part of that.

Richard O'Brien

Yes, but I think the big thing for everyone is to wear what they want and what suits them.

Richard O'Brien

Even though we know freedom as an idea we're not really as free as we think we are.

Richard O'Brien

Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back.

Richard O'Brien

Author Bio

  • NameRichard O'Brien
  • DescriptionEnglish actor
  • BornMarch 25, 1942
  • CountryNew Zealand
  • ProfessionActor; Author