79 Quotes by Fred MacMurray

You have to protect your image.

You've got to admire my courage going into a picture where the dog is a star. It takes a brave man to play opposite one.

I never could understand why Leslie Fenton gave up a soft touch in front of the camera to move behind it.

You'd think people would regard you as an actor and you could play anything. But with TV they regard you almost as a member of the family.

Maybe I've managed to keep my head above water through luck.

Being Scottish, I'm probably a little tight, or as the Scots say, 'You're cautious with your money.' I don't think that 's the worst thing in the world to be.

A lot of actors say you can't do both because people won't pay to see you in movies when they get you for free on TV. So far it hasn't hurt me.

They sent me the first 'Untouchables' script, for instance, and I'm glad I didn't do it. For one thing, it was practically a feature film, and for very little money. If I'd taken it, I'd have been faced with the job of turning them down on the series later.

We have a jam session at home every so often. That's one reason I bought a house with lots of ground around it the neighbors can't hear us play!