Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by Robert Mitchum

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Robert Mitchum.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American actor. He rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), followed by his starring in several classic film noirs. His acting is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. His best-known films include Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Out of the Past (1947), River of No Return (1954), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Thunder Road (1958), Cape Fear (1962), El Dorado (1966), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973). He is also known for his television role as U.S. Navy Captain Victor "Pug" Henry in the epic miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and sequel War and Remembrance (1988).

American - Actor | August 6, 1917 - July 1, 1997

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There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.

Robert Mitchum

People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in.

Robert Mitchum

I kept the same suit for six years and the same dialogue. They just changed the title of the picture and the leading lady.

Robert Mitchum

The only effect that I ever noticed from smoking marijuana was a sort of mild sedative, a release of tension when I was overworking. It never made me boisterous of quarrelsome. If anything, it calmed me and reduced my activity.

Robert Mitchum

I never take any notice of reviews - unless a critic has thought up some new way of describing me. That old one about my lizard eyes and anteater nose and the way I sleep my way through pictures is so hackneyed now.

Robert Mitchum

I never changed anything, except my socks and my underwear. And I never did anything to glorify myself or improve my lot. I took what came and did the best I could with it.

Robert Mitchum

These kids only want to talk about acting method and motivation. in my day all we talked about was screwing and overtime.

Robert Mitchum

How do I keep fit? I lay down a lot.

Robert Mitchum

The people who can do you the most damage are the ones who are closest to you.

Robert Mitchum

Every two or three years, I knock off for a while. That way I`m always the new girl in the whorehouse.

Robert Mitchum

Listen. I got three expressions: looking left, looking right and looking straight ahead.

Robert Mitchum

Movies bore me; especially my own.

Robert Mitchum

Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it.

Robert Mitchum

This is not a tough job. You read a script. If you like the part and the money is O.K., you do it. Then you remember your lines. You show up on time. You do what the director tells you to do. When you finish, you rest and then go on to the next part. That's it.

Robert Mitchum

Stars today are just masturbation images.

Robert Mitchum

Sure I was glad to see John Wayne win the Oscar I'm always glad to see the fat lady win the Cadillac on TV, too.

Robert Mitchum

I have two acting styles: with and without a horse.

Robert Mitchum

I've still got the same attitude I had when I started. I haven't changed anything but my underwear.

Robert Mitchum