I did get to hang out with my dad for a little while. I went with him to summer stock. I watched him be a real king of the world. He’d ship out as a star in summer stock. He sometimes directed the shows. I learned a lot from him – not just about acting, but about everything, how to handle a woman. David Carradine Read Quote
The first important role was a Broadway lead I did called ‘The Royal Hunt Of The Sun’ by Peter Shaffer, the guy who did ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus.’ Many of the important roles that I got later on were because the guy who was going to hire me was in that audience and had his mind blown. I tend to do that. I blow people’s minds with my performances. David Carradine Read Quote
There was an incident in Argentina when I was making a film called ‘The Warrior and the Sorceress.’ There were, like, 40, 50 sword fighters and martial artists on the set, and one of the sword fighters challenged me. I said, ‘Look, you don’t want to fight me. Nobody wants to fight me. You gotta be crazy to want to fight me.’ David Carradine Read Quote
It was pretty extensive – we worked out 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 months, which I think is more than anybody in the Olympics. I thought well I don’t need this, the girls need it, but it was a gift. David Carradine Read Quote
Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn’t do that. I just started doin’ it in front of an audience and had to deliver. David Carradine Read Quote
My big fight is not in the movie and I don’t understand that decision but I know he’s right about it, whatever it is. Quentin did not hire me because I’m a kung fu expert; he hired me because he liked to listen to me talk. David Carradine Read Quote
Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think we were talking about comic books much earlier in our relationship, before I had the part. David Carradine Read Quote
Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it’s bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn’t scare me at all. David Carradine Read Quote
There’s an alternative. There’s always a third way, and it’s not a combination of the other two ways. It’s a different way. David Carradine Read Quote
