Author: David Carradine

Quotes

Kung fu: You've got to spend your whole life at it before you're kung fu.

Kung fu: You've got to spend your whole life at it before you're kung fu.

- David Carradine

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

- David Carradine

I studied music formally. I was probably less formal about my study of acting than anything.

I studied music formally. I was probably less formal about my study of acting than anything.

- David Carradine

Well I would never say to anybody that Warren Beatty got fired, but uh, I think he and Quentin fell out of love, and I think Warren told Quentin to hire me for the film.

Well I would never say to anybody that Warren Beatty got fired, but uh, I think he and Quentin fell out of love, and I think Warren told Quentin to hire me for the film.

- David Carradine

Quentin is very organic; there was no way that he was going to put someone else's hand in there and anyway, my hands are kind of famous. It seemed right.

Quentin is very organic; there was no way that he was going to put someone else's hand in there and anyway, my hands are kind of famous. It seemed right.

- David Carradine

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.

- David Carradine

'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

- David Carradine

Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all.

Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all.

- David Carradine

You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor.

You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor.

- David Carradine

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