Michael Korda Quotes

I used to love Andre The Giant. I could sit around all day and listen to Andre stories. He was such a wonderful, unique guy who everyone loved being around. The thing about Andre, he just had this magical mystique about him.

I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.

Everybody who's played Marilyn Monroe before has gone down in flames. It's impossible to capture Marilyn Monroe.

I want that Sinatra type of fame. It's not the 'Whoever's the hot pop star at the moment' fame. It's the 'Walk into a room and everybody just kind of politely nods their heads' fame. Sinatra fame.

Brando's one of the greats; what can you say?

For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.

I'm not a real person. I'm a legend.

You got to be careful mentioning people as great as Clint Eastwood. You can't put me in the same sentence as that man.

Elvis is great and so is anybody who lasts like he does.

Nobody can compare themselves to what The Beatles went through. It was wild.

I was nervous about meeting Charlotte Rampling, as she's a proper legend, but she is just so sweet.

Marilyn Monroe was a fabulous dame - fabulous.

You can't go looking for another one of those franchises. You only ever get one of those. You get 'Stars Wars'; you get 'Indiana Jones' or get 'The Matrix.' I've had my franchise.

The Rock has definitely set the bar. He's in a class by himself, and he always will be, I believe.

Growing up in Britain, Michael Caine has always been such an icon. Chatting with him, I know I came across as the biggest doofus. Literally, I was, like, bowing to him.

Thomas Pynchon looks exactly like Thomas Pynchon should look. He is tall, he wears lumberjack shirts and blue jeans. He has Albert Einstein white hair and Bugs Bunny front teeth.

So many different countries have got their version of what Merlin is: the Scottish say he Scottish, the Welsh say he's Welsh, the French say he's French.

Look at Sridevi. She is going to be remembered forever for her films.

I am to wrestling what Elvis was to rock n' roll!

There aren't many people in the world that are as respected and loved when it comes to entertainment and as big as Pac. But the greatness that I adore the most is him as a man.

Michelle Yeoh is the biggest amazing female Asian star in the universe.

Everybody loves superheroes, and so to be associated with a superhero forever is just kind of like, that's where the goalposts are. That's kind of, 'Bam, you're immortalized!'

Bob Dylan is someone that - I don't care how long into the future it is - somebody will still play Bob Dylan. He will always survive.

Kenny Bates is a legend.