Quotes By Alan Ladd

I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.

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.

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

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

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

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

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.

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

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

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

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.

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.

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

Our children were trained to look after each other.

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

I was a dummy in school.

I'm working myself to death.

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

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

Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.