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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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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 was a dummy in school.
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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
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I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else
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Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
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I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.
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I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
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I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me
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I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve
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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else
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I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good
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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 was never trained for anything
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It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have
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I'm working myself to death.
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My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.
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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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Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.
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