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Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name.

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Rod Taylor
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: January 11
Died: 2015
Died: January 7
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Television Actor
Sydney
NSW
Rodney Sturt Taylor
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When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
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In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.
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To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.
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I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.
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Acting doesn't suffice.
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Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.
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So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.
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I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.
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I am proud to be an actor.
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I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.
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I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.
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I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.
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I pray and try every day to be a better actor.
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I'm not doing my work for constant success.
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The sweet smell of success is no perfume for a woman. Say it's old-fashioned, say it's corny, but, as far as I can see, a girl who wears a 'business scent' is not attractive. A woman who flaunts her career as if it was a new hat is not beautiful.
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Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.
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I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles.
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But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club.
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When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.
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The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.
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