Top 33 Robert Vaughn Quotes

Of course, neither David or myself ever saw a penny from them; it was the early days of merchandising.

I sincerely believe I could have wounded up in a lot of trouble if I had not been taught as a boy to fear Hell, and to believe that certain wicked acts could lead me to damnation.

While at college, I did my first lead on a network TV show, Medic.

I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned.

Why do people embrace God? In my opinion, belief in God and an afterlife is a necessary extension of man’s need to feel that this life does not end with what we call death.

I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when I was taught the difference between right and wrong as it specifically applied to Catholicism.

‘Hustle’ is wonderfully enjoyable because all my life, I’ve made an effort to be with people who can make me laugh. That original cast – Marc Warren, Jaime Murray, Robert Glenister and Adrian Lester – are all funny. So I know every day I’ll have a few good laughs.

I was actually a single man until I was 41. Rather late. Irish marry late.

When you’re a guest star on TV shows – particularly in the 1960s – you’re always the villain.

I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics.

So for Bullitt, I just put my black hat back on.

All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo.

I was a complete wreck as a child, emotionally unstable, excessively prideful.

If I could earn the living that I earn in motion pictures and television in the theater, I’d be doing theater. But you can’t. Nor come even close to it.

I’ve been obsessed with clothes since I was a little boy.

Ian Fleming and Norman Felton were friends. ‘U.N.C.L.E.’ was basically a tongue-in-cheek ‘Bond.’ It wasn’t quite as serious and dramatic as ‘Bond,’ nor did we have the budget for that.

With a modest amount of looks and talent, and more than a modicum of serendipity, I’ve managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into 50 years of good fortune.

The one they always forget is Brad Dexter.

In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force.

Compared to today’s salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

My belief in God is responsible for what I am… How can I refuse to talk about something which is so much a prt of my life both as a man and as a actor?

I have always been adventurous and rather daring.

My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.

For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.

I was studying American politicians who were searching – allegedly – for American communists because it would put them on the front pages of the papers in their home towns.

I’m still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried.

We shoot ‘Hustle’ for 12 to 16 weeks, so that’s how long I’m here each year. I’ve always loved London. I lived here for three years back in the Seventies, when I did a TV series, ‘The Protectors,’ for Lew Grade.

You see, some non-Catholic friends of mine have questioned the depth of my faith because of the fact that I have a good education.

Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the ’60s – well, I was frankly surprised by the show’s success and the attendant publicity for David and myself.

The marvelous thing is that for thousands of years people have continued questioning and searching and ultimately concluding that reasons for certain occurrences are not given to man to know.

I went to college with James Coburn and Steve McQueen was a very good friend.

My childhood beliefs became so much a part of me that even today I find myself automatically living by a personal standard of conduct which can only be explained as resulting from my religious training.

By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries.