Quotes By Eli Wallach
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.
Eli Wallach
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
Eli Wallach
This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country.
Eli Wallach
But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.
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And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.
Eli Wallach
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.
Eli Wallach
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.
Eli Wallach
One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.
Eli Wallach
Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.
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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.
Eli Wallach
When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
Eli Wallach
The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.
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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.
Eli Wallach
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?
Eli Wallach
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.
Eli Wallach