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Richard O'Brien

"The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses."

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"The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses."

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"With the film around for 25 years and the show being around even longer - still running and continuing to fill house all around the word - it's really an exciting and wonderful thing to be part of that."
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"I am 58 and it's difficult for people to gauge my age."
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"However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all three together, that's fine."
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"I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career."
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"I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty."
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"We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television."
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