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> [I just want to do more work. Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/i-just-want-to-do-more-work-every-time-i-step-in-front-of-a-camera-i/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

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> [Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/every-time-i-step-in-front-of-a-camera-i-feel-young-again-i-really-do/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

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## More by Ernest Borgnine

> [Three quarters of producers don't even know who I am. The other quarter think I am dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/three-quarters-of-producers-don-t-even-know-who-i-am-the-other/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/you-get-kicked-around-long-enough-you-become-a-professor-of-pain/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [I'm what you call a Depression sailor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/i-m-what-you-call-a-depression-sailor/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [Everything I do has a moral to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/everything-i-do-has-a-moral-to-it/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/i-like-to-keep-at-my-craft-i-like-to-keep-reading-scripts-whether-i-m/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/i-ve-been-to-a-number-of-places-and-seen-for-myself-the-caliber-of/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [It's not your word that matters, it's who you give it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/it-s-not-your-word-that-matters-it-s-who-you-give-it-too/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/there-s-an-awful-lot-to-be-desired-i-ve-gone-to-places-where-people/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [I just want to do more work. Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/i-just-want-to-do-more-work-every-time-i-step-in-front-of-a-camera-i/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/i-call-myself-a-character-actor-all-my-life-i-ve-done-a-certain/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/i-wouldn-t-trade-those-10-years-for-anything-the-navy-taught-me-a-lot/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/fathers-and-mothers-are-just-people-which-means-they-make-mistakes/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [You got to keep your hand in your craft, otherwise you can rot at the roots and first thing you know, you got nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/you-got-to-keep-your-hand-in-your-craft-otherwise-you-can-rot-at-the/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [Gary Cooper - the greatest listener in the world! And he used to answer in kind, which is wonderful because you don't see that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/gary-cooper-the-greatest-listener-in-the-world-and-he-used-to-answer/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/the-trick-is-not-to-become-somebody-else-you-become-somebody-else/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

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