Quotes from Charlton Heston

And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.

You can be sure that they'll be showing 'Ben-Hur' somewhere for a long, long time to come.

The film itself, and my role as Moses, will always remain one of the creative peaks of my career.

I'll never forget the blooming happiness that spread in me like the sun coming up when Lydia's obstetrician poked me awake: 'Congratulations... you have a fine son.'

To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.

I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

I don't think rock music has any positive function.

Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.'

Maybe it's good if God gives you something to think about every so often.

Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy.

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.

I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.

The Internet is for lonely people. People should live.

Life is full of surprises, isn't it?

I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response.

The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.

I've been a public person for most of my life. It has advantages and disadvantages. I can't take my kids to Disneyland. On the other hand, I can get a table at a restaurant or tickets to a play.

It's been quite a ride. I loved every minute of it.

Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.

As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.