Quotes by Robert Duvall

About Robert Duvall:

Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies), seven Golden Globes (winning four), and has multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2005. He has starred in some of the most acclaimed and popular films and television series of all time, including The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, To Kill a Mockingbird, THX 1138, Colors, Joe Kidd, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, MASH, Network, The Apostle, True Grit, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, Falling Down, Tender Mercies, The Handmaid's Tale, The Natural, Lonesome Dove, and Get Low.
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I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!

Robert Duvall

It's like kids playing house: 'You play the father, I'll play the mother.' You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. It's a game - acting's a game.

Robert Duvall

When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.

Robert Duvall

I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can't predict.

Robert Duvall

There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.

Robert Duvall

God does guide the lives of individuals and does fill them with the Holy Ghost.

Robert Duvall

The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly.

Robert Duvall

You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.

Robert Duvall

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.

Robert Duvall

Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.

Robert Duvall

We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible.

Robert Duvall

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

Robert Duvall

I like the good feeling movies.

Robert Duvall

But I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with - it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century.

Robert Duvall

I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so unless I lose my inspiration or there is too much drool to wipe, I will keep going.

Robert Duvall

I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day.

Robert Duvall

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.

Robert Duvall

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Robert Duvall

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

Robert Duvall

I'm getting good offers, as good as ever sometimes. I just finished a thing with Billy Bob Thornton that was the most unique part I've ever played in my life, in the most unique project.

Robert Duvall

I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with - it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century.

Robert Duvall

Author Bio

  • NameRobert Duvall
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and director
  • BornJanuary 5, 1931
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Film Director
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; National Medal Of Arts; Donostia Award