Rod Taylor Quotes

I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's going to be doing this occasional good work in the theater and then ever diminishing bad television. I thought I'd rather do bad movies than bad television because you get more money for it.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.

The last time I had a job that wasn't an acting job was '88, and I'm quite proud of that.

I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn't have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn't trade my previous jobs for anything.

I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.

When I came back to Hong Kong in 1992, I decided to pursue a new career challenge.

When I first started, my main goal was to not be bartending anymore, and to not be working at the bank anymore. I just wanted acting to be my job.

Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

I was working in customer service and had a verbally abusive boss. One day, I decided to quit and pursue my acting passion with everything I had. One week after quitting, I booked 'One Life to Live.'

After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was a Mike Figures film, and then I got a series with the BBC. I'm glad of the experience, because I think it's very, very good to understand what actors go through.

Literally, I think I've quit acting three or four times, only for a few days. Maybe for a few weeks.

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

After graduation, I took a job with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in software development. I don't think I was there more than a month.

I love making movies, but I was ready to rationalize being only a mother if my career never got back on track.

I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.

I did 'Degrassi' for five years in Toronto, and I made the decision to quit the show to go to theatre school, which a lot of people thought I was really crazy to do, but it was one of those major decisions in my life that I haven't regretted - hopefully I won't! I really wanted to go to school.

Long time ago, I was going to be a New York cop, then got involved with this girl who was into acting, then got bit by the acting bug myself.

I always thought I was going to be a dancer and then fashion kind of took over.