I was a dummy in school.
ALAN LADDI 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
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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I was never trained for anything
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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 have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
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I’d rather be David Ladd’s father than Alan Ladd any day.
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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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It’s a funny thing about me. I don’t have any interest in food most of the time now.
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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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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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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 I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere.
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When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired.
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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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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’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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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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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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I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I’ll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.
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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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If you can figure out my success on the screen you’re a better man than I.
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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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Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
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I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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