Creative Quotations from Yul Brynner (1920-1985)

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Yul Brynner
(1920-1985) born on Jul 11

US actor. He won a Tony (1951) and Oscar (1956) for his role as the Siamese monarch in "The King and I."

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I am just a nice, clean-cut Mongolian boy.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, "I have arrived." Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Self-description; in "NY Post," 24 Sep 1956.
R:	In "The Book of Quotes," by Barbara Rowes, 1979.
A:	Brynner to Mexicans who want to hire him to protect their village; in "The Magnificient Seven," 1960.
N:	Frequent refrain in "The King and I," 1956.
K:	In "NY Post," 24 Sep 1956.