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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

Alan Ladd

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Alan Ladd
Age: 50 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 3
Died: 1964
Died: January 29
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Alan Walbridge Ladd
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Time
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Teenager
Fast
Along
Grow
Pretty
Grows

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I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again
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I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.
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I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last
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It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry
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I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me
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