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.

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

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.

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

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

I was never trained for anything.

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

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.