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Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford

Birthday: 19 January 1942, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith
Height: 179 cm

Michael Crawford was born on January 19, 1942 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England as Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith. He is an actor, known for Hello, Dolly! (1969), Once Upon a Forest (1993) and A Funny T ...Show More

Michael Crawford
I think one of the best words in the English language is compassion. I think it holds everything. It Show more I think one of the best words in the English language is compassion. I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference. Hide
Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success, and in some ways it's better to have Show more Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success, and in some ways it's better to have failure at the beginning of your career, or your life. Hide
[on Frank Sinatra] He had such an influence. He was the most and still is the most remarkable singer Show more [on Frank Sinatra] He had such an influence. He was the most and still is the most remarkable singer to me, with the phrasing and his length of phrase. Hide
[on auditioning for Gene Kelly for a role in Hello, Dolly! (1969)] He said, "Listen kid: What we're Show more [on auditioning for Gene Kelly for a role in Hello, Dolly! (1969)] He said, "Listen kid: What we're looking for is an attractive idiot. Now my wife thinks you're attractive, and I think you're an idiot". And that's how I got the part of the attractive idiot in the film Hello, Dolly! (1969). Hide
If it had not been for Benjamin Britten (the composer), I wouldn't have been an actor. He gave me be Show more If it had not been for Benjamin Britten (the composer), I wouldn't have been an actor. He gave me belief, self-belief. Hide
[on The Phantom of the Opera (1925)] The passion and drama in the Lon Chaney version is unsurpassabl Show more [on The Phantom of the Opera (1925)] The passion and drama in the Lon Chaney version is unsurpassable. He was superb, he was superb. I owe a lot to Lon Chaney. Hide
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