Jack Hawkins quotes
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I risk my reputation every time, why not on TV?”
“Hollywood is a caricature of itself, and in particular this is true of the front-office types at the studios. Their enthusiasm towards you is measured precisely to match the success of your last film.”
“I think that no actor should take Hollywood too seriously; but at the same time it would be wrong to underestimate its professionalism.”
- From the movie: Ben-Hur
- From the movie: Ben-Hur
“In his eagerness to save you, your God has also saved the Roman fleet.”
- From the movie: The Bridge on the River Kwai
“- Maj. Warden: I belong to a rather rum group called Force 316. Our headquarters is up in the botanical gardens.
- Commander Shears: Protecting rare plants from the enemy?” - From the movie: The Bridge on the River Kwai
“- Maj. Warden: You'll go on without me. That's an order. You're in command now, Shears.
- Commander Shears: You make me sick with your heroics! There's a stench of death about you. You carry it in your pack like the plague. Explosives and L-pills - they go well together, don't they? And with you it's just one thing or the other: destroy a bridge...” (continue)(continue reading)
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