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.
ALAN LADDI never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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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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When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired.
ALAN LADDWhen 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
ALAN LADDI 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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If I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
ALAN LADDIf I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
ALAN LADDA producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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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
ALAN LADDYou 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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I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone.
ALAN LADDI 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 have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
ALAN LADDI have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
ALAN LADDI hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
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I’m shy and can’t for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back.
ALAN LADDI’m shy and can’t for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back.
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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
ALAN LADDAlthough when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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If you don’t vary your tones you can’t get pretty tired of your own voice.
ALAN LADDIf you don’t vary your tones you can’t get pretty tired of your own voice.
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Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
ALAN LADDMaybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
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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
ALAN LADDIt 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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It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
ALAN LADDIt’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
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I take our youngsters with us because I don’t know anything that teaches them so much.
ALAN LADDI take our youngsters with us because I don’t know anything that teaches them so much.
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