You can be sure that they’ll be showing ‘Ben-Hur’ somewhere for a long, long time to come. Charlton Heston Read Quote
When you are a young actor, you’re imbued with the high purpose of your art. You think, ‘They hire me for my talent; if that’s not good enough, then they can hire somebody else.’ Later, you realize that your body is as much a part of what you do as your talent. Charlton Heston Read Quote
I like portraying heroes of antiquity whose values were grander and more spectacular than those of today. Charlton Heston Read Quote
My appearance qualifies me for historic characterizations, going back to the year one. Charlton Heston Read Quote
The film itself, and my role as Moses, will always remain one of the creative peaks of my career. Charlton Heston Read Quote
I always thought of myself as inadequate. Kids of divorced parents always feel that way – that, on some subconscious level, they’re responsible. Charlton Heston Read Quote
In recent years, anyone in the government, certainly anyone in the FBI or the CIA, or recently, in again, Clint’s film, In the Line of Fire, the main bad guy is the chief advisor to the president. Charlton Heston Read Quote
Kids are the most conventional people in the world. It is more important than anything else for them to conform, and I was a kind of oddball. I was driven into being independent. I was very, very unhappy. Charlton Heston Read Quote
You cut their money back, for one thing… I go back a long way with the NEA. Charlton Heston Read Quote
