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
ALAN LADDIf you don’t vary your tones you can’t get pretty tired of your own voice.
More Alan Ladd Quotes
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It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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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 never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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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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Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
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If I had my way, I’d do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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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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Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
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I tried for better roles over and over again.
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Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
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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’m the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life.
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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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It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.
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Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
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I’m working myself to death.
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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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I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
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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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I’m shy and can’t for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back.
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I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight.
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I was never trained for anything
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I was a dummy in school.
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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans.
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When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired.
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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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