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> [To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/to-be-successful-in-show-business-all-you-need-are-50-good-breaks/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

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## Other authors on Breaks

## More by Walter Matthau

> [I still think I'm 28. I'm 73. I think I'm 28, though, except that I won't get into a fight with anybody because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/i-still-think-i-m-28-i-m-73-i-think-i-m-28-though-except-that-i-won-t/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/to-be-successful-in-show-business-all-you-need-are-50-good-breaks/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [I was playing Russell Long, the senator from Louisiana. I had 12 speech teachers watching me. All the other passengers on the airplane were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/i-was-playing-russell-long-the-senator-from-louisiana-i-had-12-speech/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [Doing a movie is like eating five hundred canapes at a cocktail party - you're never really full. You don't feel as though you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/doing-a-movie-is-like-eating-five-hundred-canapes-at-a-cocktail-party/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/i-always-had-one-ear-offstage-listening-for-the-call-from-the-bookie/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/every-actor-looks-all-his-life-for-a-part-that-will-combine-his/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [I can relate to anything. I once played Macbeth. I got a lot of laughs, so I quit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/i-can-relate-to-anything-i-once-played-macbeth-i-got-a-lot-of-laughs/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [Sometimes it takes me six months before I find out what a line means, even if the writing is superficial... To do a play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/sometimes-it-takes-me-six-months-before-i-find-out-what-a-line-means/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/you-see-my-father-was-a-catholic-priest-greek-orthodox-but-i-think-he/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/we-re-writing-a-book-together-she-just-finished-one-did-you-read-it/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/i-have-more-talent-in-my-smallest-fart-than-you-have-in-your-entire/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/my-doctor-gave-me-six-months-to-live-but-when-i-couldn-t-pay-the-bill/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/the-first-girl-you-go-to-bed-with-is-always-pretty/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [When I was about eighteen, I saw myself as a rather sensitive, delicate, poetic, romantic figure. And then I got into the Civilian Conservation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/when-i-was-about-eighteen-i-saw-myself-as-a-rather-sensitive-delicate/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

> [I could play a cop, I could play a crook, I could play a lawyer, I could play a dentist, I could play an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-matthau/i-could-play-a-cop-i-could-play-a-crook-i-could-play-a-lawyer-i-could/)

[Walter Matthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-matthau/)

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