It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office
ALAN LADDIf you can figure out my success on the screen you’re a better man than I.
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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I know what’s good for me. I can’t play black or gray. I can’t be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.
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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
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I take our youngsters with us because I don’t know anything that teaches them so much.
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I’m working myself to death.
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I’m shy and can’t for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back.
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I tried for better roles over and over again.
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I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.
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Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
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It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
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Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
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I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I’ll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.
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I’ve always had a great respect for the picture business. It’s been good to me.
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I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
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I don’t care how small the parts are, as long as they’re good.
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I’m the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life.
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I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone.
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I was a dummy in school.
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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
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Maybe I can’t act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what’s good for me.
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I was never trained for anything
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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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If you don’t vary your tones you can’t get pretty tired of your own voice.
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I’d rather be David Ladd’s father than Alan Ladd any day.
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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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