Charlton Heston Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking.”

“The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.”

“Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what rises and falls, we return to stability in the end.”

“As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.”

“Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent.”

“And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.”