"I didn't intend to become an actor."

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"And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role."

Thought, Being, London

"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."

Name,

"I love the stage."

Love,

"I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting."

Freedom, Painting

"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."

Day, Painting

"First of all, I only get 50 percent of it, because, I mean, the galleries get 50 and 60 percent. I mean, that's normal. I understand that. I don't quarrel with that."

First, Quarrel

"I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame."

Will,

"Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract $300 a week. He says take it. You'll never get that money from me."

Money,

"I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead."

Country, Wind

"I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now."

Now,

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