They said I couldn’t play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York. – Roddy McDowall
I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can’t act the same as you did as a child. – Roddy McDowall
I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you’re not acting – you believe. – Roddy McDowall
I can’t say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time. – Roddy McDowall
Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York. – Roddy McDowall
