I don't care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours. And I don't care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I'd rather have someone else get top billing; then if the… — 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
You got to keep your hand in your craft, otherwise you can rot at the roots and first thing you know, you got nothing. — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
Gary Cooper - the greatest listener in the world! And he used to answer in kind, which is wonderful because you don't see that… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage.… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
