I don't mind my wife having to last word. In fact I'm delighted when she reaches it. — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
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… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks. — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
I was playing Russell Long, the senator from Louisiana. I had 12 speech teachers watching me. All the other passengers on the airplane were… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
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… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie. — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
I can relate to anything. I once played Macbeth. I got a lot of laughs, so I quit. — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes me six months before I find out what a line means, even if the writing is superficial... To do a play… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines? — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body. — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more. — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
