Maybe I can’t act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what’s good for me.
ALAN LADDNobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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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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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
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If I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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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 don’t care how small the parts are, as long as they’re good.
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I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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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’m the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life.
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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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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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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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It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
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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 hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
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I take our youngsters with us because I don’t know anything that teaches them so much.
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I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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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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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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I was never trained for anything
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It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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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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When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired.
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Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
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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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