I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
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 never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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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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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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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 sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.
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If I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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I’d rather be David Ladd’s father than Alan Ladd any day.
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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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I tried for better roles over and over again.
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It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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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’m no good with words but I’ll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.
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When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired.
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I was never trained for anything
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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 hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
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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 don’t care how small the parts are, as long as they’re good.
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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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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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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
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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’m the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life.
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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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