44 Quotes by Lee Marvin

I studied violin when I was very young.

A guy digging ditches or a plumber wiping joints - it solves problems, you know? You have to dig this hole so wide, so long, so deep. You dig it, and that's it.

It's important not to think too much about what you do.

My father was tough. At least, he thought so, and I guess I have a lot of his traits.

It was the Marines who taught me how to act. After that, pretending to be rough wasn't so hard.

I've never been able to accept any kind of discipline.

I didn't get my hair cut for two movies, and it got a little long. I'm going back to a... not a crew cut. Back to, oh, about a Presbyterian length.

I know Chicago cops. They're tough. They have to be. The whole city would explode. It's like a bomb, Chicago.

The first day of 'Liberty,' I was hanging around waiting for Ford to come in. Everybody told me how tough he was and not to say anything, or he'd single you out and get on you the whole shoot. But as he walked in, I got up and saluted him.