People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're… — 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… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not going to play any of Matt Damon's roles in the future. But he will eventually grow into mine, since… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I always tried to play the bad guys as guys who didn't know they were bad guys. There are villains we run… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
A lot of the time with an independent production, you go onto the set, and you rehearse it in front of the… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
The modern cineplexes are mundane, dull boxes. But 'The Majestic' pays tribute to the movie palaces that made people feel like royalty.… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
My mantra is "stay perpendicular." Horizontal is not as good. Half the people that came along and up with with me are… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I run the Actor's Studio on the West Coast, and one of the things I say all the time to the people… — 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… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
The average scene in a film, you have to shoot it 15, 20 times. That means you got to laugh or cry 15, 20 times. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
All an audience wants to believe is that what's going on is happening for the first 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
