Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by David McCallum

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish actor David McCallum.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

David Keith McCallum Jr. is a Scottish/British actor and musician. He first gained recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In recent years, McCallum has gained renewed international recognition and popularity for his role as NCIS medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the American television series NCIS. With John Leyton and William Russell, he is one of the last living actors from the 1963 classic The Great Escape.

Scottish - Actor | Born: September 19, 1933

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I've never outgrown my childhood.

David McCallum

I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, it's governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye.

David McCallum

But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.

David McCallum

In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe.

David McCallum

People who know, know. The others, it really doesn't matter.

David McCallum

If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence.

David McCallum

Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.

David McCallum

Savor the mystery, Stephen, we don't get enough of them.

David McCallum

We should learn to live and love our neighbors as ourselves for the sake of peace and progress.

David McCallum

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

David McCallum

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

David McCallum

When I did Ben 10, I really didn't know anything about Ben 10. But when I went back to visit my son Pierre and told him what I'd just done, he said "You did a Ben 10?!?" and then he started yelling out to my grandson, "Luca, Luca, come here, Granddaddy did a Ben 10 show." You suddenly discover you're gratte-cul with a five-year-old, and that's pretty cool."

David McCallum

Great fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.

David McCallum

I love doing animation - mainly because you get to over-act. They're always saying "more," "louder," "bigger," "huger" and you just turn it lose. Plus, doing animation voiceovers, I have learned so much, and it's always good in your career to discover something you didn't know, and to learn to do things differently. So it's a fascinating experience.

David McCallum

I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, its governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye.

David McCallum