It was my mom who told me, "Ernie, if you make even one person happy with your smile or a funny thing you did every day, you'll have accomplished a great deal." And that's all I've ever tried to do. — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too. — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
Three quarters of producers don't even know who I am. The other quarter think I am dead. — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain. — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
I like to keep at my craft. I like to keep reading scripts, whether I'm in it or not because of the fact that… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot to be desired. I've gone to places where people say to me, "What's your technique?" Technique? What the hell technique… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
I just want to do more work. Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in my estimation… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don't hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they created you… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
