Eli Wallach Quotes (35 quotes)

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„Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.“
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„My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.“
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„Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent.“
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„Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.“
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„What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?“
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„The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.“
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„I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.“
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„I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.“
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„I never dreamed I would do Westerns.“
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„All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.“
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„But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.“
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„John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.“
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„I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.“
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„So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it.“
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„This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country.“
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„I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.“
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„The big secret in acting is listening to people.“
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„One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.“
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„My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.“
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„I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.“
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Eli Wallach
Author born: December 07, 1915
Author died: June 24, 2014
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Actor

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