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Type: Actor Quotes Category: American Actor Quotes Date of Birth: September 3, 1913 Date of Death: January 29, 1964 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Alan Ladd Related Authors: Will Rogers Jack Nicholson Orson Welles Richard Pryor Dirk Benedict Harrison Ford Denzel Washington Don Johnson |
A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
Alan Ladd As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am. Alan Ladd Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth. Alan Ladd I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good. Alan Ladd I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again. Alan Ladd I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else. Alan Ladd I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else. Alan Ladd 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 Ladd I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then. Alan Ladd I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen. Alan Ladd I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve. Alan Ladd I was a dummy in school. Alan Ladd I was never trained for anything. Alan Ladd 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 Ladd I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day. Alan Ladd I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much. Alan Ladd I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am. Alan Ladd I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me. Alan Ladd I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, 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 Ladd I'm working myself to death. Alan Ladd I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me. Alan Ladd If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps. Alan Ladd If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I. Alan Ladd 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 Ladd It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry. Alan Ladd It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have. Alan Ladd Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I. Alan Ladd Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me. Alan Ladd Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts. Alan Ladd My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much. Alan Ladd Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material. Alan Ladd Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps. Alan Ladd Our children were trained to look after each other. Alan Ladd Strangers still leave me self-conscious. Alan Ladd Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up. Alan Ladd What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life? Alan Ladd When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice. Alan Ladd |
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