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Tomas Milian

Tomas Milian

Birthday: 3 March 1933, Havana, Cuba
Birth Name: Tomás Quintín Rodríguez Milián
Height: 183 cm

Tomas Milian, an American actor born in Cuba; was trained at the Actors Studio. He appeared in a few plays on Broadway, as well as in a show by Jean Cocteau in Spoleto. Mauro Bolognini noticed him and ...Show More

Tomas Milian
What I want to do is to become the part -- to leave Tomas Milian wherever he is and become the chara Show more What I want to do is to become the part -- to leave Tomas Milian wherever he is and become the character. Hide
I'd get bored if I'd have to be good-looking all the time. I would prefer to work in a bank. I'd get bored if I'd have to be good-looking all the time. I would prefer to work in a bank.
[on his appearances in "political" Spaghetti Westerns] I didn't care, really, about politics. I was Show more [on his appearances in "political" Spaghetti Westerns] I didn't care, really, about politics. I was ignorant as Cuchillo [from La resa dei conti (1966) and Corri uomo corri (1968)] was. That's why I was so good at [that] stuff. The actors are being used, so... you don't have to be political, you have to be like [an] ideological whore. Hide
I don't like to intellectualize what I do. Because the intellect... it was ruining my instinct. And Show more I don't like to intellectualize what I do. Because the intellect... it was ruining my instinct. And I live out of instinct. Hide
[on appearing in a play in University] I saw the play's poster with my name on it, and said, "What t Show more [on appearing in a play in University] I saw the play's poster with my name on it, and said, "What the hell am I doing here? I'm losing time." Hide
People like and enjoy a superhero, a man bigger than life. Then there is the other type of actor -- Show more People like and enjoy a superhero, a man bigger than life. Then there is the other type of actor -- and that's me. Hide
During my first year in Italy, I made mainly intellectual movies where I was bored to death. During my first year in Italy, I made mainly intellectual movies where I was bored to death.
[on how he would play a character] I just believed it. [on how he would play a character] I just believed it.
[gesturing to torso] In here... in here, is everything, from A to Z. Okay? I could be... a good pers Show more [gesturing to torso] In here... in here, is everything, from A to Z. Okay? I could be... a good person, I could be an evil son of a bitch, I could be anything. I could be funny, I could be very dramatic, I can make you cry, if you want. Hide
Tomas Milian's FILMOGRAPHY
All as Actor (65)
Tomas Milian Tomas Milian'S roles
Cesar
Cesar

Manny Huerta
Manny Huerta

Don Federico Fellove
Don Federico Fellove

Ricardo Alvarez
Ricardo Alvarez

Leopoldo
Leopoldo

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