Maybe I can’t act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what’s good for me.
ALAN LADDI sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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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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If you can figure out my success on the screen you’re a better man than I.
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I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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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 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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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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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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I’ve always had a great respect for the picture business. It’s been good 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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It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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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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Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
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I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
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Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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