In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld.

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Charles Humphrey Keating Jr.was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s.

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In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

It does make you a better director and a better actor.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

Well I don’t write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

Computers rather frighten me, because I never did learn to type, so the whole thing seems extraordinarily complicated to me.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

The Emmy will have no effect on me, from the standpoint that you’ve still got to wash your bowl after breakfast.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

Indeed, the actor’s lot is a much harder one than that of the director’s, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

I believe the director’s primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

You know, working as an actor, I’m always working within my own imagination.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

In the theatre, the actor is given immediate feedback.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

I was born in Middlesex, England, which is really London.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

Well I was out in the garden moving rocks on the day of the Emmys. I was just playing in the dirt.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

Am I 53 or 54? I think I’m 54. I was born in 1941. So this year I’ll be 55.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)

I have two delightful sons, who I love dearly.

Charles Keating

American businessman (1923-2014)