Patrick McGoohan quotes

Patrick McGoohan was an American actor, director, and writer best known for his groundbreaking work in television. His most famous roles include the enigmatic Number Six in "The Prisoner" and John Drake in "Danger Man." He left a lasting legacy as an innovator in the genres of mystery and science fiction. Here are 7 of his quotes:

The village is a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is Number Six and will live there happily as Number Six for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break. (Patrick McGoohan)

Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a number.

Patrick McGoohan

I was going to be lynched. I had to go into hiding in the mountains for two weeks.

Patrick McGoohan

You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.

Patrick McGoohan

Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.

Patrick McGoohan

Marriage is a wonderful thing.

Patrick McGoohan

But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself.

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: March 19, 1928
Died: January 13, 2009
Quotes count: 7
Wikipedia: Patrick McGoohan

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