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Eli Wallach [1915-2014] American

Rank: 102
Actor, Film actor

Eli Herschel Wallach was an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s.

Independence, Medical, Movies

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My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.	Movies	101
Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.		102
And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable.		103
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.		104
What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?		105
When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.		106
When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.		107
Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience.		108
I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.		109
I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.		110
I never lost my appetite for acting.		111
I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.		112
But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.		113
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.		114
And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.		115
This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country.		116
The big secret in acting is listening to people.		117
So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it.		118
One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.		119
My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.		120
John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.	Independence	121
I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.	Medical	122
I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.		123
I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.		124
I always wanted to tell stories and act.		125
Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.		126
Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent.		201
Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.		202
Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.		203
The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.		204
I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.		205
I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.		206
I never dreamed I would do Westerns.		207
But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.		208
All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.		209

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