Quotes from Alan Ladd

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

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.

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.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

I'm working myself to death.

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

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.

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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

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