Ernest Borgnine Quotes

Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right.
Ernest Borgnine

Words, Wonderful, Used

I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all the services for that matter. This is an altogether different bunch. These people of today are really bright, young, good people.
Ernest Borgnine

Good, Today, Different

I don't chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I'd be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.
Ernest Borgnine

Life, Work, Heart

I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.
Ernest Borgnine

School, Job, Leaving

Everything I do has a moral to it.
Ernest Borgnine

I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.
Ernest Borgnine

Whether, Clown, Urge

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.
Ernest Borgnine

Friends, Wonderful, Taught

I'm what you call a Depression sailor.
Ernest Borgnine

Depression, Call, Sailor

My mother made me do all the housework as a boy. I still do it, even in hotels.
Ernest Borgnine

Mother, Boy, Housework

The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful. But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't have gotten into the messes I did in my personal life.
Ernest Borgnine

Life, Grateful, Personal

To this day I clean better than most maids.
Ernest Borgnine

I don't care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours. And I don't care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I'd rather have someone else get top billing; then if the picture bombs, he gets the blame, not me.
Ernest Borgnine

Care, Long, Someone

I just want to do more work. Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going.
Ernest Borgnine

Work, Time, Mind

The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too.
Ernest Borgnine

Good, Great, Bad

The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting.
Ernest Borgnine

Time, Become, Acting

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: January 24, 1917

Died: July 8, 2012

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