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Alan Ladd
American
Actor
About the author
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,
American
Actor
#Poor
#Parents
Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Chance
#Son
#Father
#Footsteps
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,
American
Actor
#Life
#Will
#Wonder
#Hollywood
Strangers still leave me self-conscious.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Self
#Strangers
I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Hell
Our children were trained to look after each other.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Children
Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Being
#Youth
#Loneliness
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,
American
Actor
#Want
#People
#Man
I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Care
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,
American
Actor
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,
American
Actor
#Fans
#Being
#Stars
I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Want
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,
American
Actor
#Play
I was never trained for anything.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
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,
American
Actor
#Talk
#Life
#People
#Death
I was a dummy in school.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#School
Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Time
#Pretty
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,
American
Actor
#Love
#Wishing
I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Day
#Father
I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Want
#Nothing
I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Time
#Words
I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Acting
#Life
#Months
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,
American
Actor
#Pretty
#Voice
A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Acting
What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Life
#Will
#Tax
Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Power
I'm working myself to death.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Death
I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Respect
#Business
If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Success
#Man
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,
American
Actor
#Time
#Right
#People
#Money
#Office
#Personality
#Buying
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,
American
Actor
#Time
#Now
#Food
#Interest
#Funny
It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Want
#Kids
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,
American
Actor
#Acting
#Life
#Act
Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
Alan Ladd,
American
Actor
#Thought
#Money