"Get out of show business. Its the best……" — Walter Matthau
"Get out of show business. Its the best advice I ever got, because Im so stubborn that if someone would tell me that, I would stay in it to the bitter end."
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15 Quotes by Walter Matthau
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I don't mind my wife having to last word. In fact I'm delighted when she reaches it.
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Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow.
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You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then…
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My mother paid eight dollars a month for rent. When she had it. Mostly we were evicted, because she couldnt…
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty
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I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.
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Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple'…
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I could play a cop, I could play a crook, I could play a lawyer, I could play a dentist,…
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I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body.
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To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks.
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My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months…
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I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white…
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;…
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
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The worst men often give the best advice.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there…
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