Sinatra Quotes

"I secretly sing Frank Sinatra songs in the shower."

- Ryan Phillippe

(On Frank Sinatra) "He`s the kind of guy that when he dies, he`s going up to heaven and give God a bad time for making him bald."

- Marlon Brando

Frank (Frank Sinatra) is a singer who comes along once in a lifetime, but why did he have to come in mine?

- Bing Crosby

(on Frank Sinatra) He has this tense Sicilian quality while I don`t have any tenseness at all and I just hang in there with what I call a dead ass. But Frank gets picked on by people who want to see how tough he is and he usually obliges them with a demonstration. Like all Sicilians, if he is a friend he will always be a friend -- and if he is an enemy, go on hating.

- Bing Crosby

(on his most challenging role) Probably The Rat Pack (1998) (TV), taking on Sinatra. That was uh, very intimidating. I didn`t know that much about him. I`m not an imitator. You know, to do him without going into caricature was harder than maybe what (the others had to do). Sammy has a certain pattern, and Dean had a certain pattern, Frank was just so much more raw. I didn`t think I look like him; I had to sing the songs. I mean, I`m really glad I did it, but at first, it was just terrifying for months. All I did was listen, watch, or read about Sinatra.

- Ray Liotta

"I would love to be able to do both (acting and making music). If I look at someone like Sinatra, who toured until he was 80 and made 60 movies, that would be a great life to have."

- Jon Bon Jovi

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

- Angie Dickinson

A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.

- Michael Bolton

I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra.

- Michael Bolton

Sinatra, here`s a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.

- Michael Bolton

(On preparing for his character in Liberty Heights (1999)) The big goal for me was just to get the mental state of mind, this kind of pure innocence. My generation is pretty jaded, pretty cynical. Everything happens really fast. Too much, too fast. So I got all the Life and Look magazines from `54 to `55, stuff that would be at the family`s house, on the coffee table. I listened to all the Columbia years of Sinatra, stuff that would probably be on the radio. I talked to my grandmother and looked through her photo album. I talked to my dad.

- Ben Foster

I love older music, Frank Sinatra, James Brown - there`s so much passion in their songs.

- Chad Michael Murray

(on Frank Sinatra) Undeniably the title holder in the soft-touch department.

- Gregory Peck

My agent said to me five years ago, `Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it`s for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.`

- Hugh Jackman

I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective towards me and never came on to me sexually.

- Jacqueline Bisset

My family`s been in show business since the 1700s. I traced them. I`m bred to this. Like a racehorse. A thoroughbred. Look at my parents, my God. But it was my curiosity that made me do this. Because you could also say, "Look at Frank Sinatra Jr.." It`s not like a natural thing that happens. You gotta work.

- Liza Minnelli

We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan.

- Patrick Stewart

Nothing. It`s just make-believe. I don`t think it`s good to personalize it. If you do, it`s limiting. The actors that do personalize it are the ones that always seem the same in every movie they do. I don`t really look at it in any kind of deep psychological way that I learn something about myself. Aside from taking up the acting challenges, I`m really glad I took on the challenge of playing Sinatra, as scary as it was. I learned somewhat about myself - that I could do it and I knew what was bothering me - the fears that I had. - On what he learns about himself through the characters he plays.

- Ray Liotta

(on Frank Sinatra) So much has been written about Sinatra, of his talent, his generosity, his ruthlessness, his kindness, his gregariousness, his loneliness and his rumored links with the Mob that I can contribute nothing except to say that he is one of the few people in the world I would instinctively think of if I needed help of any sort. I thought of him once when I was in a bad spot; help was provided instantly.

- David Niven

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

- Lauren Bacall

Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar.

- Leif Garrett

Frank (Sinatra) took me to a whole new planet. I worked with him until he passed away in `98. He left me his ring. I never take it off. Now, when I go to Sicily, I don`t need a passport. I just flash my ring.

- Quincy Jones

My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.

- Alex Trebek

People Sinatra should have sung with? Slayer.

- Brian Posehn

I worked on a film short with Frank Sinatra when I was a kid.

- Dwayne Hickman

Frank Sinatra taught me how to do him. It took me seven years to master him. He would tell me, tap your foot, Rich, and don`t forget to grasp your sleeve.

- Rich Little

People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know.

- Robert Wyatt

Frank Sinatra has passed on the torch to me. But little did he know that he`d be passing it on to a gay opera queen

- Rufus Wainwright

On Frank Sinatra: In high school, Frank never participated in extra-curricular activities, like nature study, paintings or ceramics. Frank`s hobby was a most interesting one: he was an amateur gynecologist.

- Dean Martin

(on Frank Sinatra) When he dies, they`re giving his zipper to the Smithsonian.

- Dean Martin