Eli Wallach Quotes
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John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.
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My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.
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Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent.
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The big secret in acting is listening to people.
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But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.
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My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.
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I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
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One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.
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I never dreamed I would do Westerns.
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When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.
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The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.
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When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
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I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.
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I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.
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I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.
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Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.
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Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.
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And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
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But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.
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This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country.
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And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.
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Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.
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I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.
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I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.