--- title: "1 Acting Growing Quotes By Don Ameche" description: "1 Acting Growing quotes by Don Ameche. Plus more from Don Ameche and more Acting Growing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/don-ameche-29224_acting_i-never-considered-acting-while-growing_975987.jpg" --- > [I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-never-considered-acting-while-growing-up-i-just-knew-i-didn-t-want/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/don-ameche-29224_acting_i-never-considered-acting-while-growing_975987.jpg) ## More by Don Ameche > [I've seen my performances. I don't like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-ve-seen-my-performances-i-don-t-like-them/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [I've deliberately studied many things that I know, going in, I won't be able to assimilate. I read Plato, St. Thomas, the mystics, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-ve-deliberately-studied-many-things-that-i-know-going-in-i-won-t-be/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [I think this is the sweetest tribute I have ever seen in this town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-think-this-is-the-sweetest-tribute-i-have-ever-seen-in-this-town/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/there-are-directors-you-never-ever-want-to-get-close-to-lubitsch-was/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [She meant it as a compliment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/she-meant-it-as-a-compliment/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-never-considered-acting-while-growing-up-i-just-knew-i-didn-t-want/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [We seem to be paying some of our employees an awful lot of money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/we-seem-to-be-paying-some-of-our-employees-an-awful-lot-of-money/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watching other directors, and learning from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/in-the-old-days-before-there-was-such-a-thing-as-film-schools/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [I'm a very contented, peaceful man. I made mistakes, yes, but I accepted them, and, I hope, graciously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-m-a-very-contented-peaceful-man-i-made-mistakes-yes-but-i-accepted/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [I was surprised I was nominated for an Oscar because 'Cocoon' was such an ensemble picture. But now I'm certain it wasn't only for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-was-surprised-i-was-nominated-for-an-oscar-because-cocoon-was-such/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [I never 'went Hollywood.' Perhaps some of my behavior was detrimental to my career, but I couldn't go the route of Hollywood parties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/i-never-went-hollywood-perhaps-some-of-my-behavior-was-detrimental-to/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [My father ran a saloon in Kenosha, Wis., which is just about as rough a living as I can think of. It was brutal;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/my-father-ran-a-saloon-in-kenosha-wis-which-is-just-about-as-rough-a/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [By 1949, there was no more work for me out there, and I went to New York in 1950 and just did whatever I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/by-1949-there-was-no-more-work-for-me-out-there-and-i-went-to-new/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/there-will-be-no-mommie-dearest-in-the-lives-of-my-children-and-no/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) > [The camera was kind to me. But I was never a screen personality like Gable or Flynn. The camera did something with their faces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ameche/the-camera-was-kind-to-me-but-i-was-never-a-screen-personality-like/) [Don Ameche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-ameche/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting-growing/don-ameche/#itemlist", "name": "1 Acting Growing Quotes By Don Ameche", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. 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