I tried for better roles over and over again.
ALAN LADDI’m shy and can’t for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back.
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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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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I’m working myself to death.
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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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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 don’t care how small the parts are, as long as they’re good.
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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
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When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired.
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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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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 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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Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
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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 think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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