You do a movie [where] you like the script [and] it has something to say that you care about. And there are certain people in this industry that you kind of stick with. Guys like [โThe Congressmanโ producer] Fred Roos. They call you, and if youโre not working, thatโs what you do.
George HamiltonI found a movie called โLight in the Piazza.โ I finally made the movie with Olivia de Havilland and myself, but initially there was no way I could make that movie, so I went to work on becoming that character. They told me they had an Italian [actor], and I said, โThatโs a Cuban boy!โ His name was Tomas Milan. I thought thatโs the craziest thing Iโd ever heard: They have a Cuban whoโs going to play an Italian, and I canโt play it because Iโm an American.
George HamiltonActing has always been something for me that's been a romp. I just show up and I have a good time, and I hope that I get through the day and I can have lunch in the sun.
George HamiltonAnd in reaching out and doing these new things you get into this strange kind of shape where you are better off than if you were just resting, because you're using things that wouldn't otherwise be mute.
George Hamilton