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David Carradine

David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor and martial artist. He is noted for his leading role as peace-loving Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the television series Kung Fu (1972–1975). He was also known for playing Frankenstein in Death Race 2000 (1975) and Bill in both Kill Bill films (2003–2004).

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If you trust yourself, any choice you make will be correct. If you do not trust yourself, anything you do will be wrong. - Kung Fu, The Legend Continues -

Choices, Kung, Kung Fu, Legend, Legends, Wrong

But, Tarantino has seen all of my movies. He's seen my good stuff, he's seen my bad stuff, he's seen the ones I directed, he's read my autobiography. There's an awful lot of things he knows about me, all of which I think had something to do with his casting.

Autobiography, Awful, Read, Stuff, Tarantino, Thinking

I'm not regretful about dropping acid, but I could have stopped it a little sooner.

Dropping, Dropping Acid, Littles, Regret, Regretful, Stopped

Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it.

Feel Good, Fun, Guy, Having, Tarantino

You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor.

Believed, Death, Inevitable, Know, Rumor, Thinking

I've worked with a lot of real heavy hitters, and Quentin is maybe heads and shoulders, at least a forehead, above just about anybody I've ever worked with.

Heads, Heavy, Real, Shoulders, Worked

I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing a Chinese accent or a funny walk.

Act, Chinese, Kung Fu, Needs, Somebody

My big fight is not in the movie and I don't understand that decision but I know he's right about it, whatever it is. Quentin did not hire me because I'm a kung fu expert; he hired me because he liked to listen to me talk.

Big, Decision, Experts, Fighting, Liked, Right

Because you know how you say I've got to really get down and really do some training and then of course, you never do or you do it for a couple of weeks and slough it back off again but I'm being forced to do something that I really want to do and I loved it.

Couple, Say, Slough, Training, Want, Weeks

Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo. . . or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

Alexander, Born, Hmmm, Play, Probably

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.

Actors, Kind, Time, Training

I was involved in a web cartoon of Kung Fu with WB a few years back.

Cartoon, Involved, Kung Fu, Years

There are no good guys in a Quentin Tarantino movie. They're all bad guys. And you like us. That's Quentin's big talent.

Bad, Bigs, Guy, Quentin, Talent

I think it may have been Tom Wolfe (if it wasn't, my apologies, Tom, and my apologies to whoever it was) who said in print once, 'David Carradine lives the life that Hunter Thompson only writes about. '

Apology, Carradine, David, Live Life, Think, Writing

I was enough of an acrobat and a gymnast and a dancer and everything else so that I could handle the kung fu, because it's just choreography.

Dancer, Enough, Everything, Gymnast, Handle, Kung Fu