I was a dummy in school.
ALAN LADDMy parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere.
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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I don’t care how small the parts are, as long as they’re good.
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Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
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If I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
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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’m the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life.
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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 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 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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You figure it can’t ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last
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I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
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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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I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I’m not, and there’s no use wishing
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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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