Raul Julia quotes

Raul Julia was a Puerto Rican actor renowned for his charismatic performances on stage and screen. Best known internationally for his role as Gomez Addams in "The Addams Family" films, he was also acclaimed for his work in theater and diverse dramatic roles. He left a lasting legacy as a pioneering Latin American figure in Hollywood and on Broadway. Here are 10 of his quotes:

A cigar is as good as memories that you have when you smoked it.

Raul Julia

You have to have the right atmosphere, really be in the right mood to really fully enjoy a Cohiba.

Raul Julia

I even smoke in bed. Imagine smoking a cigar in bed, reading a book. Next to your bed, there's a cigar table with a special cigar ashtray, and your wife is reading a book on how to save the environment.

Raul Julia

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation.

Raul Julia

Why pay $100 on a therapy session when you can spend $25 on a cigar? Whatever it is will come back; so what, smoke another one.

Raul Julia

I remember I was like five or six years old; I played the devil. That was my first role.

Raul Julia

Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.

Raul Julia

Thank God for the theater.

Raul Julia

There are 38,000 people dying of hunger each day and most are children. And, being a celebrity, I communicate about it as much as I can.

Raul Julia