Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.

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

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.

I was a dummy in school.

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

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.

Our children were trained to look after each other.

I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.

I was never trained for anything.

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

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

I'm working myself to death.

Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.

Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.

I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much.

I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

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.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.

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.

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

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

I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.

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

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.

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.

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.

Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.

What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

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 never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again.

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office.

As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am.

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.

Stories come from other shows at other studios where only 2,000 rounds were actually used and the money for the other 3,000 went right into the studio pockets. Corners were cut and that production suffered. Knock wood, that hasn't happened to us.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.

It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.

The world over, give a guy money and it goes to drinking, gambling, and women. When you give a woman money, it goes to feeding, clothing, helping people.