Charles Bronson
Born into extreme poverty and working as a coal miner before fighting in WWII, Charles Bronson was about as far from your typical Hollywood pretty boy as you could get. He was the real deal.
This exchange happened when director Michael Winner told Bronson about the script for Death Wish, about a man who shoots muggers:
Bronson: “I’d like to do that!”
Winner: “What, make the movie?”
Bronson: “No…shoot muggers!”