Tom Atkins Net Worth

Tom Atkins's Quotes

• Richard Donner was a particular delight. He's a wonderful kind of old-fashioned director, from what I would have thought the golden days of Hollywood must have been from the '30s and '40s. He was just a big, handsome, strapping, strong, delightful, cigar-smoking, very open, gregarious guy. He would talk to anybody. He never closed off the set.
• Jimmy Garner is a very gracious guy, as he was then and he is still today.
• You know, they just don't make big movie stars the way they used to, maybe because the system has changed, the studio system, but it's sad to see people like Jimmy Stewart go, all the giants of the past.
• Mel Gibson was lovely. He was on the edge of both scenes that I had with Danny Glover.
• Well, I grew up in Pittsburgh. My father worked for J&L Steel. We were a blue collar family. And that's the kind of actor I am. What you see is what you get. I've played a lot of cops and a few bad guys. No one has ever hired me to play a brain surgeon, though I have played a couple of docs.

Interesting Facts about Tom Atkins

1. Graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2. Member of Gamma Phi Fraternity.
3. During his childhood, he was a huge fan of science fiction and horror films.
4. His favorite of all the movies he has worked on is Night of the Creeps (1986).
5. Has a Golden Retriever named Gus.
6. Is a frequent player in shows at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, most famously in the one-man show "The Chief", in which he depicts the late founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art Rooney.
7. His son E. Taylor Atkins graduated from Peters Township High School in Pennsylvania.
8. Has appeared with Adrienne Barbeau in four films: The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982) and Two Evil Eyes (1990).
9. Currently lives in Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [2004]
10. Alumnus of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1967.