Dashing Quotes

(on turning down the role of Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939)) Rhett Butler was one of the best roles ever offered in Hollywood and my screen character saw himself emerging from the film as a dashing-type fellow. But I said no. I didn`t see myself as quite that dashing, and later, when I saw Clark Gable play the role to perfection, I knew I was right.

(on turning down the role of Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind") Rhett Butler was one of the best roles ever offered in Hollywood and my screen character saw himself emerging from the film as a dashing-type fellow. But I said no. I didn`t see myself as quite that dashing, and later, when I saw Clark Gable play the role to perfection, I knew I was right.

I was doing quite a nervous poodle dance over it, ... I`ve seen coyotes play in it, rabbits go dashing across it and a whole family of moose. This is really an important piece of land. A lot of people got it, they understood that.

I want to make sure whatever we come up with is something we can sustain, ... Otherwise you`re just raising people`s hopes and then dashing them.