Kent McCord Quotes

• Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.

  Kent McCord

• Well, I grew up in a tough neighborhood.

  Kent McCord

• True friendships don’t fade in Hollywood, as so many myths about show business would have you insist.

  Kent McCord

• That first year at Universal was a big blur and, naturally, I thought they were wasting me. I didn’t realize at the time that I was learning my craft and acting more easily in front of the camera.

  Kent McCord

• Some of the greatest writers in our industry can’t get work.

  Kent McCord

• Not only that – college doesn’t particularly qualify you for the outside world. he world is changing so fast, and college is not. It should strive to be more in tune with the world.

  Kent McCord

• Meanwhile, Cynthia and I are busy fixing up a real old house that we just bought in Hollywood. With two children now, we just couldn’t live in our small rented home any longer.

  Kent McCord

• Instead, most colleges are studies in obsolescence.

  Kent McCord

• If I find what I like, maybe in about five years we’ll be able to afford to build a home in the country.

  Kent McCord

• I’ve been lucky – I’ve been an actor for eight years and I’ve never been out of work.

  Kent McCord

• I’m interested in raw land and trees and fresh air and rivers and lots of animals around them.

  Kent McCord

• I’ll admit I wanted to be a pilot, originally.

  Kent McCord

• I want my children to live in the country, to be a part of nature.

  Kent McCord

• I think the most important thing my wife Cynthia and I can do for Kristen is to teach her how to grow up to be a woman and make her own decisions. Meanwhile, we sometimes have to guide her.

  Kent McCord

• I think children learn from example. I don’t believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere.

  Kent McCord

• I noticed that almost everyone I went to college with has worked at something other than the subject they majored in. I guess that’ s one of the reasons for campus unrest.

  Kent McCord

• I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me.

  Kent McCord

• I longed to fly. I was paid in flying lessons and, by the time I was 13, I’d logged 100 hours at the controls.

  Kent McCord

• I feel that education needs an overhaul – courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out.

  Kent McCord

• I answer a fan with a hearing heart first.

  Kent McCord

Kent McCord (25)

Birth:	26th September, 1942
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

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