76 Quotes by Alan Ladd

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

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.

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

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'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.