Robert Powell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A boy is naturally full of humor.”

“There is no teaching to compare with example.”

“When I die, I want to be the only person in the world not to have seen 'The Sound Of Music.'”

“When you get back from a trip, make a note of what you didn't wear. This will avoid packing it unnecessarily next time.”

“I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn't seem much point in looking for the easy life as an actor. I would simply get bored.”

“I vaguely remember we had an air-raid shelter in our yard. We lived in a semi-detached house with a small garden in the suburbs of Salford, a couple of miles from the docks.”

“I was 24 when I was offered 'Doomwatch.' There was an option for a further series, and I turned it down. It is a wonderfully glorious thing to be unknowingly arrogant.”

“I was born five days before D-Day in 1944. My father was a mechanical engineer, which was a reserved occupation, so he didn't have to enlist. My mother was a housewife. She worked in a bank before marrying my father.”

“I was there at the birth of my son and had the extraordinary feeling when I first saw him of thinking this was the first person I would willingly die for. I had the same strong feelings when my daughter was born.”

“The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life only gets tricky if you confuse the two.”