Eli Wallach Quotes
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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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my amazing parents who have been around me my whole life and raised me right. I'm very happy with what has happened so far.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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The religions that fascinate me and, you know, could possibly tempt me are not the ones that involve faith or belief. They're the ones that offer you the opportunity to know the spirit or deity.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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I wonder if people who see 'Blade' will have even seen my other movies. But I don't want all my movies to be in a vacuum. I need a balance because one pays, and the other doesn't.
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It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality.
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Everyone always told me I was fated to be in front of the camera.
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I've done an enormous amount of bringing light into people's lives, and I'm very proud of that and touching and inspiring people.
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I think I've succeeded more by learning what needed to be done next and getting help in getting it done. I was just very focused and impatient.
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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.
