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I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25 for room and board, I had enough money for a pack of cigarettes and a bowl of lobster bisque.
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I was offered the Gene Hackman role in 'The Poseidon Adventure' four times, and I turned it down four times. I didn't want to do that movie. I called it the upside down boat.
Martin Landau
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How a character hides his feelings tells us something about him.
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For my generation of actors, it was about the theatre. Television didn't exist. Coaxial cable didn't exist.
Martin Landau -
Great teachers are the ones who inspire you.
Martin Landau -
I don't know anybody who's any good who isn't nuts.
Martin Landau -
The year I got into The Actors Studio, Steve McQueen and I were the only two accepted that whole year.
Martin Landau -
Life is a roller coaster. There are ups; there are downs. There are hills; there are valleys, peaks, and so on.
Martin Landau
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I felt I knew Lugosi. Like him, I had worked for good directors and terrible directors.
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I can take scripts directly to actors. Agents don't like to hear that.
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All 'Hamlets' are different, and it's the most overwritten play ever written.
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My mantra is 'stay perpendicular.' Horizontal is not as good.
Martin Landau