Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican-born American actor, painter and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including La Strada, The Guns of Navarone, Zorba the Greek, Guns for San Sebastian, Lawrence of Arabia, The Message and Lion of the Desert. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice: for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth21 April 1915
CityChihuahua, Mexico
CountryMexico
I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much.
I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians.
Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico.
Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.
No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids.
There's no sense that you're there forever. No parent is there forever.
I didn't intend to become an actor.
A big talent steals, a small talent borrows.
I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting.
The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me.
See how special you are? I serve you coffee in the parlor.
Will no man ever do something without a why, just like that, for the hell of it?
I love, love, love women.
I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.