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Rod Taylor Quotes: When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
         

When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.


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I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.



I am proud to be an actor.

I am proud to be an actor.



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Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.



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I'm not doing my work for constant success.



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I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.



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