Quotes by Martin Landau

The year I got into The Actors Studio, Steve McQueen and I were the only two accepted that whole year.

I've got two daughters, and it's impossible for me to say one of them is a favorite.

I started teaching when I was in my 20s because Lee Strasberg asked me to, and he didn't do that with a lot of people.

Nobody knew me. They just knew that I was the guy from 'Mission: Impossible.'

I always believed that all it would take was a decent role. I felt like a pinch hitter with a leaden bat: that if I got a chance, I could hit a home run.

Sergio Leone came to see me when I was doing 'Mission Impossible.' He wanted me to do 'A Fistful of Dollars.' I turned him down. I didn't want to get stuck as a stoic Western movie star.

I've turned down a lot of roles. Some of them made stars out of the people. I have no regrets.

I run the 'Actors Studio' on the West Cost. I'm artistic director of that.

My mantra is 'stay perpendicular.' Horizontal is not as good.

Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.