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Alan Ladd [1913-1964] American

Rank: 104
Actor

Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns such as Shane and film noirs where he was often paired with Veronica Lake, such as This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key and The Blue Dahlia.

Business, Chance, Respect, Success, Teen, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.	Success	101
Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.	Chance	102
I was never trained for anything.		103
I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.	Business, Respect	104
I was a dummy in school.		105
I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.		106
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.		107
Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.		108
A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.		109
Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.		110
I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.		111
I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.		112
I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much.		113
Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.	Teen	114
I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.		115
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.		116
I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.		117
I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.		118
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.		119
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.		120
I'm working myself to death.	Work	121
Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.		122
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.		123
Strangers still leave me self-conscious.		124
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.		125
I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.		126
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.		201
I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.		202
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.		203
If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps.		204
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.		205
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.		206
It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have.		207
Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.		208
Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.		209
Our children were trained to look after each other.		210
What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?		211

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