Eli Wallach Quotes

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• What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever…
• So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and…
• Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
• Fifty million dollars is not to be sneezed at. Of course, I never catch cold.
• Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.
• I always wanted to tell stories and act.
• But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.
• The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.
• I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.
• I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.
• No, I never thought of it in those terms. I used to go into agents' offices and they'd have pictures of these handsome movie men…
• My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net -…
• Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a…
• One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it
• The big secret in acting is listening to people
• I was an original member of the Actors' Studio
• Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up…
• John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays…
• I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a…
• I never dreamed I would do Westerns

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