Alan Ladd Quotes

I was a dummy in school.

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

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

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

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth

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

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

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

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.

I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.

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

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

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

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

I was never trained for anything

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.

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

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

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

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

I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else

I'm working myself to death.

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

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

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day

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

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

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

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.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.