People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing what I do, you perish. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I always say, if I tell you a joke right now and it's funny, you laugh. Now, we set the lights, and I tell you the joke again, it's hard to find it funny the second time. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
My best stuff as a teacher was always to find the problems within each individual actor, and I'll suggest things that I know that… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're telling me… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it.… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
What I'm saying not a lot of people say: What is considered good acting today isn't necessarily good acting, because everybody knows what they… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I was offered the Gene Hackman role in 'The Poseidon Adventure' four times, and I turned it down four times. I didn't want to… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
People do not necessarily reveal what is going on - only bad actors do. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I've got two daughters, and it's impossible for me to say one of them is a favorite. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
An actor knows much more about a character than the character knows about himself. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your palette. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
