Yul Quotes & Sayings

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge. — Yul Vazquez

Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I," ... can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance. After 30-odd ... Mr Brynner is, quite simply, The King. — Frank Rich

Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them. — Yul Vazquez

Whatever you do, don't smoke. — Yul Brynner

When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down. — Yul Vazquez

Yeah, I think that a play is a huge commitment, and I think that what it requires of you is a lot, so it really makes you dig in and find things, and it just makes you sharp, 'cause it's live. Really, to me, it separates the men from the boys. I always say it's like the frontlines of acting, when you're on stage. — Yul Vazquez

OK, I love 'The King and I.' I'm a huge Yul Brynner fan. I love the scene where they danced after the big banquet; that's one of my favorite scenes in a movie of all time. It's romantic and sweet and wonderful. — Tina Majorino

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. — Yul Brynner

So let it be written. So let it be done. — Yul Brynner

I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid. — Yul Vazquez

People don't know my real self, and they're not about to find out. — Yul Brynner

The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you. — Yul Vazquez

You know, I've always tried to look at things as just what the part was. I never tried to worry about whether it was the lead or not the lead, because I think you can really mess your mind up when you're too caught up in those things. — Yul Vazquez

I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to play guitar and be in a rock band. — Yul Vazquez

My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs. — Yul Vazquez

A gazebo on top of a welding rig" was how Yul might have described it, if only he had been here. — Neal Stephenson

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids. — Yul Vazquez

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood. — Yul Vazquez

Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions. — Michelle Malkin

What do you mean?" Yul asked. — Neal Stephenson

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen. — Yul Vazquez

Yule - Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner - of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner. — Marianne Moore

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

Simple femininity is the most important thing about a woman, and it is a quality a great many women are in jeopardy of losing. Women are being emancipated out of their femininity in this modern age. — Yul Brynner

Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke. — Yul Brynner

Get where?" Yul demanded. — Neal Stephenson

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. — Yul Brynner

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles. — Yul Vazquez

If I die tomorrow, I've done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security - music and acting - and I've had success in both. I can't really complain. I try not to live my life that way. — Yul Vazquez

Nations, like individuals, can only learn by their own individual experience." Yul-chun — Pearl S. Buck

Cord followed up with, "I like it here, but it's beginning to feel creepy. Does anyone else think it's creepy?"
"You're talking to a bunch of guys," Yul said. "No one here is going to validate your feelings." She tossed sand at him. — Neal Stephenson

Whatever you do, don't do it. — Yul Brynner

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

We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift. — Yul Brynner

You could go to Estonia and there's probably an episode of 'Seinfeld' playing there. Television is a very powerful thing. — Yul Vazquez