Alan Ladd quotes
- From the movie: Shane
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“I'm not worried when my fans ask me for autographs. I'll worry when they quit asking.”
- La trovi in Life and Death in Hollywood
“Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.”
- From the movie: Shane
“- Joe Starrett: I wouldn't ask you where you're bound.
- Shane: One place or another. Someplace I've never been.” - From the movie: Shane
“Never's a long time, Marian.”
- From the movie: Shane
- From the movie: Shane
“A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mould. I tried it and it didn't work for me.”
- La trovi in Actors' Love Affairs
“Doesn’t he know any place else where he can go at night? There must be hotels or motels.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am.”
- La trovi in Actors in real life
“I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.”
“A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting”
- La trovi in Money and Actors
“Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.”
- From the movie: Lucky Jordan
- Lucky Jordan: Don't you know that you shouldn't be drinking at your age?
- Annie ("Ma"): I'd like to be drinking at your age, but time passes. - From the movie: This Gun For Hire
“- Willard Gates: Don't you trust me?
- Philip Raven: Who trusts anybody?” - From the movie: The Glass Key
“- Janet Henry: Hasn't your nurse been treating you well?
- Ed Beaumont: Not as well as I'd like.
- Janet Henry: Poor boy. If I'd known you were being neglected, I would have come sooner.” - From the movie: This Gun For Hire
“- Willard Gates: Raven, how do you feel when you're doing... this?
- Philip Raven: I feel fine.” - From the movie: And Now Tomorrow
“- Emily Blair: You're not very polite this afternoon, are you?
- Doctor Merek Vance: About average for me, Miss Blair, about average.” - From the movie: This Gun For Hire
“- Ellen Graham: Why don't you go to the police?
- Philip Raven: I'm my own police.”
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