Quotes by Tommy Kirk

About Tommy Kirk:

Thomas Lee "Tommy" Kirk is an American former actor and later a businessman. He is best known for his performances in a number of highly popular movies made by Walt Disney Studios such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, as well as beach party movies of the mid 1960s.
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Eventually I became involved with somebody, and I was fired.

Tommy Kirk

I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies.

Tommy Kirk

I consider my teenage years as being desperately unhappy.

Tommy Kirk

Disney was a family film studio. I was supposed to be their young, leading man. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney.

Tommy Kirk

I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film.

Tommy Kirk

I said, to hell with the whole thing, to hell with show business. I'm gonna make a new life for myself, and I got off drugs, completely kicked all that stuff.

Tommy Kirk

I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well.

Tommy Kirk

When I was about 17 or 18, I finally admitted to myself that I wasn't going to change. I didn't know what the consequences would be, but I had the definite feeling that it was going to wreck my Disney career.

Tommy Kirk

After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made.

Tommy Kirk

After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made and I got professionally involved with a manager who said it didn't matter what you did as long as you kept working. I wound up completely broke.

Tommy Kirk

Author Bio

  • NameTommy Kirk
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and businessman
  • BornDecember 10, 1941
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor