I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you're not acting - you believe. Ah, if an adult could only act as a child does with that insane, playing-at-toy- soldiers concentration!
Roddy McDowallI can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.
Roddy McDowallFortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York.
Roddy McDowallAll you can do is make a piece of product, sell it on its own terms, stand behind it and hope that people will go see it. If you try to be like something else or appeal to any given group, then you can very easily end up being gratuitous and imitative. There's not much to be gained by that and I think too much time is spent going around trying to be like someone else.
Roddy McDowall