Alan Ladd Quotes

I'm working myself to death.
Alan Ladd

Work, Death, Working

I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much.
Alan Ladd

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

Someone, Else, Leave

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

Strong, Enough, Stand

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

Everything, Acting, Producer

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

Good, Loneliness, Youth

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

Good, Care, Long

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

Enough, Big, Again

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

Happen, Else, Stars

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

Good, Black, Play

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

Life, Learned, Acting

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

Down, Fail, Screen

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

Hell, Star, Movie

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

Love, Wish, Place

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

Father, Rather, Alan

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

Time, Good, Words

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

Life, Death, Someone

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

Life, Good, Bad

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

Good, Great, Respect

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

Success, Figure, Screen

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

Time, Money, Everything

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: September 3, 1913

Died: January 29, 1964

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