1.
I was a dummy in school.
Alan Ladd
2.
A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting
Alan Ladd
3.
Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.
Alan Ladd
4.
I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.
Alan Ladd
5.
I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then
Alan Ladd
6.
Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
Alan Ladd
7.
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.
Alan Ladd
8.
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
Alan Ladd
9.
Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.
Alan Ladd
10.
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
Alan Ladd
11.
Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth
Alan Ladd
12.
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
Alan Ladd
13.
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
Alan Ladd
14.
I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve
Alan Ladd
15.
If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps
Alan Ladd
16.
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.
Alan Ladd
17.
I was never trained for anything
Alan Ladd
18.
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
Alan Ladd
19.
Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
Alan Ladd
20.
I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else
Alan Ladd
21.
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
Alan Ladd
22.
I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
Alan Ladd
23.
I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else
Alan Ladd
24.
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.
Alan Ladd
25.
I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good
Alan Ladd
26.
I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me
Alan Ladd
27.
I'm working myself to death.
Alan Ladd
28.
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
Alan Ladd
29.
Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
Alan Ladd
30.
It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have
Alan Ladd
31.
I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day
Alan Ladd
