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Inspiring quotes by Charles Nelson Reilly

hridoy khan · January 13, 2026 · 3 min read
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The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Charles Nelson Reilly

  • I was 24 yesterday. Suddenly you wake up, and you get on the elevator, and there’s a mirror there. And you look in the mirror, and you’re an old man.
  • You can’t do anything else once you do game shows. You have no career.
  • My friends are very rich. Elizabeth Taylor sends flowers the size of the bathtub. I’m not kidding.
  • I live at the dentist’s. I’m on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws.
  • It’s fun to get a message on the phone service that Lucille Ball or Burt Reynolds called, and play it very blase by asking, ‘Anyone else?’
  • If you ever get injured or have an asthma attack, the last words you get out are, ‘Sammy Davis suite, please.’ That’s, like, three rooms on the eighth floor of Cedars-Sinai.
  • Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can’t let them do that. You can’t walk like you’re in an opera! You have to make it real. You have to just be there.
  • The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I’m such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make training films for the Coast Guard. I listen to a great deal of opera.
  • If you’re entering a room for the first time, do it the way you would in life – look around; see how they have the furniture arranged. If your character is meeting another character for the first time, meet them the way you would in life.
  • When I die, it’s going to read, ‘Game Show Fixture Passes Away.’ Nothing about the theater, or Tony Awards, or Emmys. But it doesn’t bother me.

Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director, and writer celebrated for his sharp wit and flamboyant personality. Born on January 13, 1931, in The Bronx, New York, he developed a love for the arts at an early age and studied acting at the HB Studio and the Actors Studio.

Reilly gained prominence on Broadway, earning a Tony Award for his performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He became a television icon in the 1960s and 1970s, known for frequent appearances on game shows such as Match Game, where his humor and distinctive voice made him a fan favorite.

Reilly also appeared in numerous films and TV series, including Bye Bye Birdie and The Ghost & Mr. Chicken. Later in life, he earned acclaim for his one-man show Save It for the Stage. Charles Nelson Reilly died in 2007, leaving a lasting legacy in entertainment.

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