Top 28 Quotes & Sayings by Robert Wagner

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Robert Wagner.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Robert Wagner

Robert John Wagner Jr. is an American actor of stage, screen, and television. He is known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He later had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and made twelve guest appearances (2010–2019) as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. in the police procedural NCIS.

One thing that golf teaches you is humility.
Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.
I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people. β€” Β© Robert Wagner
I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people.
Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.
What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys like Brad Pitt.
When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.
Right now I'm trying to do a fragrance called Natalie. She's very, very much alive for us.
I liked working in a series, going to work every day and not having to leave town for long locations. I was producing them and building an audience.
I never talk to tabloids.
It's sensational to be a part of a series that takes on a life of its own.
I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid.
I had lived a charmed life, and then I lost a beautiful woman I loved with all my heart.
Jill and I arrange our lives to spend a lot of time together. That makes us both happy.
Jimmy Stewart was a very sincere, honest and straightforward man.
I've learned one important thing about God's gifts - what we do with them is our gift to Him.
I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.
I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a repertory company.
I wish there was some way to get the law changed. They can write anything about you after you're deceased and there's nothing you can do about it.
In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on.
A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won't be too bad.
My wife was a Bond girl, in Diamonds Are Forever, so I play James Bond in real life every day.
Natalie's estate is handled by Global Icons, and they police the world so her picture isn't on a T-shirt or coffee cup unless we approve of it. β€” Β© Robert Wagner
Natalie's estate is handled by Global Icons, and they police the world so her picture isn't on a T-shirt or coffee cup unless we approve of it.
Rob Lowe, I've known him for a long time because I have three daughters, ya know. He's been cruising those three girls for a long time.
I think of Mike Myers as the Buster Keaton of today. I think he's brought us something so special.
Occasionally, on screen, Barbara [Stanwyck] had a wary, watchful quality about her that I've noticed in other people who had bad childhoods; they tend to keep an eye on life because they don't think it can be trusted. After her mother was killed by a streetcar, she had been raised in Brooklyn by her sisters, and from things she said, I believe she had been abused as a child. She had lived an entirely different life than mine, that's for sure, which is one reason I found her so fascinating. I think her early life was one reason she had such authenticity as an actress, and as a person.
I have learned that in a long life we all eventually play the part of the betrayed, and we all eventually play the part of the betrayer, and neither is pleasant because both roles involve pain, inflicting or absorbing it.
Television is just amazing - how many people see it and how many people recognize you, and I think once you've had the opportunity and have been in front of the public, it's very flattering to have people come up and say hello to you. It's a tremendous industry. I've been in places where people come out of the woodwork. And you would never think - small towns in France or traveling through Europe - and there are so many of those people there that recognize you, and you've been in their homes. I find it to be a very flattering thing.
Some folks believe that global warming doesn't exist and that the environment doesn't need any help. I tend not to listen to them.
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