"What for? I dont go to the Daisy or any of that. We dont give parties under a striped awning out over the lawn for two hundred people, four of whom we like."
Robert Alba Keith, known professionally as Brian Keith, was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work in films such as the Disney family film The Parent Trap (1961); Johnny Shiloh (1963); the comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966); and the adventure saga The Wind and the Lion (1975), in which he portrayed Pres
Robert Alba Keith, known professionally as Brian Keith, was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work in films such as the Disney family film The Parent Trap (1961); Johnny Shiloh (1963); the comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966); and the adventure saga The Wind and the Lion (1975), in which he portrayed Pres
View all quotes by Brian Keith"The only attraction is the time. I work just 70 days a year on the show. I can still make two, three movies a year if I want to... If it were Bonanza , walking around the Ponderosa, tied up nearly all year, no-o-o chance. Thats a fate worse than death."
"If I live to be a hundred--and I hope I do--I wont have time to read all the books I want to read, or talk to the people I want to know. Not party talk. Thats a waste of time. Real talk."
"Family Affair, to spend time with his family in Hawaii, before casting as Hardcastle: "I get tired of sitting home and doin nothing. If Im doing something eight months of the year, I dont mind loafing the other four. But, lately, Ive been finding fewer and fewer movies Id like to do. And when that happens, I get hard to live with. Then this thing came along. I read it. I liked it. This character Hardcastle: I figured I could live with him for five years if I had to. There was something going on there. You dont get a helluva lot of character in series TV. Theyre more likely to star the car."
"Ive made I dont know how many pictures. Forty, I guess. Ive seen only about a half dozen of them. We made Reflections in a Golden Eye in Rome last spring. I really enjoyed working with Liz and Brando and that great director, John Huston. But the kind of picture I enjoy seeing is something like The Parent Trap. That was a charming thing with Hayley Mills playing my twin daughters. I saw that four times. I even took my wifes parents to see it. I like it so much I forgot I was in it, as a matter of fact."
"I never heard of these guys. Of course, I can be talking to 40 Academy Award winners and never know the difference. People in Muncie, Indiana, probably know more about them than I do. But I figure what the hell, if theyre smart enough to hire me, they must have something."
"In other words...you cant be a misogynist and expect women to appreciate you."