Robert Osborne Quotes

I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me.

I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.

There are so many great actors, but I really have a lot of respect for Johnny Depp. I've seen a lot of movies with him in it and, even if it's a film that wasn't as successful as you thought it would be, I've never seen him put in a bad performance. My favorite actors from history have to be Steve McQueen and James Dean.

I grew up watching Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, Robert de Niro, and Al Pacino and even Robert Duvall and was impressed by their caliber of work.

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors.

My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad.

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life.

I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.

I think that the work that Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did was truly extraordinary, and that's their legacy. Not the other petty stuff.

I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland.

The actors I admired were Bogart, Cagney, Cooper, Tracy. Great personalities. Real stars.

I used to devour biographies of people like Natalie Wood and Marilyn.

I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City Lights.'

My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s.

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were.

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who's one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in 'Rio Bravo'.

My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.

I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially 'Now', 'Voyager', 'Casablanca', 'Mildred Pierce'; anything by Orson Welles, Truffaut, or Godard; and 'Paper Moon' by Peter Bogdanovich.

I'm kind of fixated with old Hollywood, like Marilyn Monroe.

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.

There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep.

My favourite actors are all dead or dying. I just love Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn - I was named after her - and Cary Grant. I just love old black and white movies and the stars in them. It must have been a great time to be in Hollywood.

I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.