I’m 77. The only reason I’m ever shy about it is that people tend to think of you in terms of what they think that age is. I certainly don’t feel any different than I did when I was 35, and my energy seems to be more than it was then. Robert Osborne Read Quote
I would be surprised if they gave Meryl Streep her third Oscar for a film as light as ‘Julie and Julia,’ although, of course, Katharine Hepburn’s third Oscar came with a very light performance from her in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.’ Robert Osborne Read Quote
I’m very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn’t have as many good movies as we do have. Robert Osborne Read Quote
In a business like the movie business, you’re going to have a lot of people competing. Somebody is always coming behind them who wants their job. Being an actor is like being in quicksand: whatever you do, it disappears very quickly. You have to keep reminding people. Robert Osborne Read Quote
When Orson Welles was acting in ‘Compulsion,’ the director Richard Fleischer let him just take over and direct the courtroom scenes. To be able to see Welles – who knew more about directing than anyone – direct himself and the other actors, it was unbelievable and unforgettable. Robert Osborne Read Quote
There’s a lot of movies that aren’t all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn’t the focus, but have that spirit of Christmas in them. I love that sequence in ‘Auntie Mame,’ where she’s in the department store, sewing at Macy’s, and she doesn’t know how to do anything but fill out a form as ‘cash on delivery!’ Robert Osborne Read Quote
The weird thing with ‘Kismet’ is that Vincente Minnelli didn’t know what to do with a Cinemascope camera for that film – so he never moved it! It’s like in the old days when sound first came in and was so complicated that the camera just sat there. There are hardly any close-ups in ‘Kismet,’ so everything’s at a bit of a distance. Robert Osborne Read Quote
One movie I think is just terrific is ‘Bernie,’ with Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. That was a great surprise to me – so witty, so entertaining, a true story, and I’m not a great Jack Black fan, but he’s great in it. I think it’s a gem. Robert Osborne Read Quote
When I was growing up, you’d read about actors, and they’d never tell you their age and how much they made a year as part of their definition. Robert Osborne Read Quote
