Ron Moody
Ron Moody
Ron Moodywas a British actor, singer, composer and writer best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver!and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination for the stage production. Other notable projects include The Mouse on the Moon, Mel Brooks' The Twelve Chairsand Flight of the Doves, in which he shared the screen with Oliver! co-star Jack Wild...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth8 January 1924
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The world is always reinventing itself, and so should you. I used to say, 'I haven't started yet.' Sadly, most people don't develop their potential.
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We try to create this type of atmosphere. When they succeed, they become known as an academic school instead of an athletic school.
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I've worked with the old dames and knights - Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson - they're the most incredibly humble, kindly people because they are so big that they don't need to be unpleasant.
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Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film.
Fate destined me to play 'Fagin.' It was the part of a lifetime.
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Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.
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Public access is now a hot political issue. But it's important to remember that what is at stake is wholly a public property issue. Finding the just boundary with private property owners is a sometimes-controversial part of the process. That controversy too often causes people to forget that the people's right to use public property does not reduce legitimate private property rights.
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We've lost a great artist and I've lost a great friend. We were more like Laurel and Hardy. We used to call ourselves Fagin and Dodger. We had that kind of bond between us. Jack really was cheated out of a great career.
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I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets.
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I think I'm a straight actor who occasionally does musicals; most people think I'm an eccentric comedian. It's amazing how many years you can spend in this business just sorting out something as simple and basic as that.
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I'd been collecting eccentric moves since I was a kid and didn't even know that the dance step I improvised in 'Be Back Soon' was called a 'pas de basque.'
I would have liked to have been a professor of sociology.
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I grew up with music hall and revue and was used to filling in the little gaps here and there to get bigger audience reaction.