Charles Durning Quotes & Sayings

“There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.”

“I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager.”

“That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting.”

“I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.”

“I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade.”

“Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.”

“You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere.”

“There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.”

“You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to create a life for the audience in 90 minutes and make them believe.”

“I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.”