Biografía

Donated blood to John Barrymore whenever the older actor needed a transfusion.

Was very fond of Keanu Reeves. They became friends during the filming of Un paseo por las nubes (1995).

Was good friends with actress Maureen O'Hara, they starred together six times. The films are El cisne negro (1942), Buffalo Bill (1944), Simbad el marino (1947), Contra todas las banderas (1952), The Magnificent Matador (1955) and Yo, tú y mi mamá (1991).

Before he launched his acting career, Quinn worked odd jobs as a butcher, a boxer, street corner preacher and a slaughterhouse worker. He also won a scholarship to study architecture with Frank Lloyd Wright, with whom he developed a close relationship.

Had appeared in more movies with other Oscar-winning actors than any other Oscar-winning actor - a total of 46 Oscar-winning co-stars (28 male, 18 female).

In Europe, an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum.

[when asked about his ethnicity] It doesn't make a difference as long as I'm a person in the world.

I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians.

I can't retire. I mean, I started working when I was a year and a half old, and I worked all my life.

[In the 1980s] I don't see many men today. I see a lot of guys running around on television with small waists, but I don't see many men.