Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
- Carroll O'Connor
Some, Making, Nixon, A Good Man
One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.
- Carroll O'Connor
Business, Loving, Number, Residual
Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both.
- Carroll O'Connor
Gift, Talent, Artists, God-Given
Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.
- Carroll O'Connor
Objects, Conventional, Held, Savvy
Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs.
- Carroll O'Connor
Business, Obscene, About, Affairs
It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else.
- Carroll O'Connor
Entertainment, Most, Excites, Everything Else
Nations have come under the control of haters and fools.
- Carroll O'Connor
Control, Nations, Come, Fools
Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed.
- Carroll O'Connor
Door, Old, Offers, Knocking
I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.
- Carroll O'Connor
Flight, Characterized, All Things
In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.
- Carroll O'Connor
Capital, Capitalist, Given, Staggering
The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable.
- Carroll O'Connor
Enemy, Artist, Unlike, Detested
I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?
- Carroll O'Connor
Voice, Sound, Over, Same Things
Not all celebrities are dunces.
- Carroll O'Connor
Celebrities, Dunces
The wages of pedantry is pain.
- Carroll O'Connor
Pain, Wages, Pedantry
Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.
- Carroll O'Connor
Business, Became, Wandered, Physicians
It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.
- Carroll O'Connor
System, Made, Inevitable, Suffered
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.
- Carroll O'Connor
Always, Works, Particularly, Sheer
I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job.
- Carroll O'Connor
Way, About, Archie, Enjoyed
My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.
- Carroll O'Connor
Joy, Been, Professional Life, Laughter
All in the Family was intellectual; it was art.
- Carroll O'Connor
Family, Art, Intellectual
Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.
- Carroll O'Connor
Happy, Thought, Archie, Millions Of People
I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.
- Carroll O'Connor
Stupid, Proud, Race, Pride
We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.
- Carroll O'Connor
Audience, Need, Reporters, Faithfully
My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?
- Carroll O'Connor
Me, Nothing, Should, Irish
I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got.
- Carroll O'Connor
Back, Some, Gave, Directors
Even a true artist does not always produce art.
- Carroll O'Connor
Art, Always, Even, Produce
Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.
- Carroll O'Connor
Fail, Directed, Half, Reputation
I'm lucky. Lord, I'm lucky.
- Carroll O'Connor
Lucky, Lord
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