I'm still watching all those old-timers really going along, and I'm enjoying it so much, not just looking at the pictures, but looking at the acting. Paul Muni. Beautiful character. Edward G. Robinson. Jimmy Cagney. All those old boys. You… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
We've all got a lot of catching up to do. I'm still learning how to act, for god's sake. When I see these old-timers on the Turner Classic Movies, I still get ideas, you know. That's where you really learn… — 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
