Alan Ladd quotes:

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?

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

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

Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I was a dummy in school.

Our children were trained to look after each other.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm working myself to death.