"The thing is, a big talent steals; a small talent borrows."

[Subdeacon Joe]

"When I was just starting in movies, I got a reputation for being a scene stealer. Once I was in a film with a famous star and had to stand behind him in one scene. 'Now watch that Quinn,' this star told the director, 'I don't want him stealing the scene behind my back.' The director parked me in a chair and I just sat there. Next day, when we were looking at the rushes, the star said 'See, I told you! Look at him!' The director exclaimed, 'But he's only sitting there!' 'Only?" rejoined the star. 'Maybe so, but he's thinking!'
Anthony Quinn was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1915, during the Mexican revolution, in which his father was allegedly a soldier in the army of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. After the revolution, the family moved to Los Angeles, California, where Quinn's father eventually secured a job as a cameraman at Selig Film Studios. Quinn often accompanied his father to work, and became acquainted with such stars as Tom Mix and John Barrymore, with whom he kept up the friendship into adulthood. Quinn's first job in Hollywood was tending animals at the Selig Studio. Quinn's father died when Anthony was 9 years old. He grew up in East Los Angeles, shining shoes and selling newspapers. For extra cash, he entered dance contests and sold the statues he won.
He was one of the few actors to move easily and successfully between starring and supporting roles throughout his career. In both categories, the Irish-Mexican Quinn played a vast array of characters and ethnicities, including American, Arab, Basque, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hun, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Mongol, Native American, Filipino, Portuguese, Spaniard and Ukranian.
"One of the reasons I did all the Greeks and Arab parts I did was because I was trying to identify myself as a man of the world. I lived in Greece, in France, Iran and all over the world, Spain, trying to find a niche where I would finally be accepted."
IMDb reports that Quinn 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).
"I steal from everyone. Picasso did it. Modigliani did it. So did da Vinci. Rufino Tamayo stole from the Mayan civilization. The thing is, a big talent steals; a small talent borrows."
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. 
"I think I'm lucky. I was born with very little talent but great drive."(IMDb)
Happy Birthday, Anthony Quinn!

 

[Blackwater 53393]

He also became a father at the age of 80!!

 

His youngest son is Ryan Quinn, born in 1996.  He’s a musician.

 

 

Edited July 5 by Blackwater 53393

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619]

One of my all-time favorites.

 

And I wished he'd been cast as Roberto Valdez in 'Valdez is Coming' (the book in my opinion being one of the greatest western novels). A good movie would have been a great one.

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

Speaking of scene stealing, this excerpt from my Post in the below thread.

 

Edited July 5 by Father Kit Cool Gun Garth