Alan Ladd Quotes

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• A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting

  Alan Ladd

  Acting, Costumes, Building

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• I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

  Alan Ladd

  Grateful, Way, Shows

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• I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.

  Alan Ladd

  Men, Faces, Figures

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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 Ladd

  People, Office, Personality

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• 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

  Insecure, Long, Guy

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• Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

  Alan Ladd

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Teenage

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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 Ladd

  Acting, Months

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• I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good

  Alan Ladd

  Long, Care, I Don't Care

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• Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

  Alan Ladd

  Strong, Enough, Weak

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• 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

  Kids, Parent, Poor

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• 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

  People, Shy, Barges

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• 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

  Tired, Air, Voice

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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

  Alan Ladd

  Wish, Use, Type

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• If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps

  Alan Ladd

  Way, Steps, Entertaining

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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.

  Alan Ladd

  Acting, Gimmicks, Knows

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• 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

  Stars, Fans, Pieces

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• I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me

  Alan Ladd

  Great Respect

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• I was a dummy in school.

  Alan Ladd

  School, Dummy

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• I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve

  Alan Ladd

  Stars, Thinking, Nerves

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• Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.

  Alan Ladd

  Too Much, Enough

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• It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have

  Alan Ladd

  Kids, Want, Natural

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• I'm working myself to death.

  Alan Ladd

  Work

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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. I tried for better roles over and over again

  Alan Ladd

  Roles, Berlin, Beast

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• I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else

  Alan Ladd

  Want, Chewing, Scenery

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• Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

  Alan Ladd

  Profit, Percent, Jimmy Stewart

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