I was never trained for anything
ALAN LADDI’m working myself to death.
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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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 hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
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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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If you don’t vary your tones you can’t get pretty tired of your own voice.
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I tried for better roles over and over again.
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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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It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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If I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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I’m working myself to death.
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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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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
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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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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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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 sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.
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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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It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
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My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere.
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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 was a dummy in school.
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I’d rather be David Ladd’s father than Alan Ladd any day.
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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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