Richard Burton: Likeness

Richard Burton was Welsh actor. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Richard Burton: 56 quotes 2 likes

“Although I like to be thought of as a tough rugby-playing Welsh miner's son, able to take on the world, the reality is that this image is just superficial. I am the reverse of what people think.”

Richard Burton

In Richard Burton Biography, IMDb

People , World , Thinking , Reality

“If I had a chance for another life, I would certainly choose a better complexion… I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; it's rather an attractive image. When he reached the age of 50, after a five-year career slump. I can only say with Edith Piaf, 'Je ne regrette rien.”

Richard Burton

In "Richard Burton, 58, is Dead; Rakish Stage and Screen Star"

Life , Age , Chance

“I have always felt that the camera hasn't liked me. I'm a stage animal. I have to be big and loud, and the camera needs you to be small and naturalistic and subtle; much more naturalistic. I'm as subtle as a buffalo stampede.”

Richard Burton

In Richard Burton Biography http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000009/bio, IMDb

Animals

“The magnificent baritone was not merely a voice. It was an orchestra of enormous range and power, its graceful sound seemed to linger on for millions who had heard it on film and stage. Homer must have known someone very much like Richard Burton.”

Richard Burton

Gerald Clarke, in Show Business: The Mellifluous Prince of Disorder http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954366,00.html, 20 August 1984

“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.”

Richard Burton

Friendship , Support , Animals , Falseness