Temperamental Quotes

(on working with Faye Dunaway) When I got here I walked in thinking I was a star and then I found I was supposed to do everything the way she says. Listen, I`m not going to take any temperamental whims from anyone, I just take a long walk and cool off. If I didn`t do that, I know I`d wind up dumping her on her derrière.

"I have earnestly endeavored to perform my own share without fuss or temperament. An actor has no more right to be temperamental than a bank clerk. Possibly a very sane bringing up as a child has helped me to retain my sense of proportion in these matters."

(1973 comment on Anthony Quinn) At his best he`s a marvelous actor and he`s a very instinctive actor. He has a sort of animal quality, although I think he`s got a bit stuck with it. He`s a larger than life character. He`s that without trying before he starts. He`s not the easiest man to work with by any means. He`s quite temperamental.

I can see the difficulties of making a movie. Directors and producers have to put up with a lot of rubbish from temperamental actors.

It was an amazing performer. Very temperamental, it spent a lot of time in its trailer.

British girls are as temperamental as Americans.

My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental.

Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations give a satisfactory outlet to only one temperamental type, be he mystic or soldier, businessman or artist, a civilization in which there are many standards offers a possibility of satisfactory adjustment to individuals of many different temperamental types, of diverse gifts, and varying interests.