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.
ALAN LADDYou figure it can’t ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then
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Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
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I was a dummy in school.
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I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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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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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
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If you can figure out my success on the screen you’re a better man than I.
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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 hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
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It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
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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 think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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