Quotes from Alan Ladd

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

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

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 was never trained for anything.

Our children were trained to look after each other.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I'm working myself to death.

I was a dummy in school.