I’ve always had a great respect for the picture business. It’s been good to me.
ALAN LADDI never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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 a dummy in school.
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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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I tried for better roles over and over again.
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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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If you can figure out my success on the screen you’re a better man than I.
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I don’t care how small the parts are, as long as they’re good.
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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 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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If I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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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 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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My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere.
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I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
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