Eli Wallach quotes Born: 12/07/1915 Country: usa

• “When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk” (Eli Wallach)
• “Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck” (Eli Wallach)
• “What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?” (Eli Wallach) [willpower]
• “I still get more mail for that one episode of 'Batman' than just about anything else.” (Eli Wallach) [more/mail]
• “Not me, ... When I go, I want to be cremated. They can do what they like with the ashes.” (Eli Wallach)
• “The whole thing was chaotic. Everyone spoke a different language. I knew a little French, so that's how I conversed with Leone.” (Eli Wallach) [thing/language]
• All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time. (Eli Wallach) [mind/time]
• And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done. (Eli Wallach) [more/mail]
• And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done. (Eli Wallach) [movie]
• And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable. (Eli Wallach)
• But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie. (Eli Wallach) [love/movie]
• But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies. (Eli Wallach) [university]
• Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down. (Eli Wallach)
• Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do. (Eli Wallach) [thing]
• I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly. (Eli Wallach) [start/being/evil]
• I always wanted to tell stories and act. (Eli Wallach)
• I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper. (Eli Wallach) [love/paper]
• 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. (Eli Wallach) [wife/movie/movie]
• I never dreamed I would do Westerns. (Eli Wallach)
• I never lost my appetite for acting. (Eli Wallach) [appetite]
• I was an original member of the Actors' Studio. (Eli Wallach)
• 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. (Eli Wallach) [captain/start]
• 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. (Eli Wallach) [life/business/needs/find]
• I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging. (Eli Wallach) [appetite]
• I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda. (Eli Wallach) [actors]
• 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. (Eli Wallach) [master]
• My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven. (Eli Wallach)
• 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. (Eli Wallach) [wife/stage/being/being]
• One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it. (Eli Wallach) [thing/changes/evening/magic]
• So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it. (Eli Wallach) [money/horse/gold]
• The big secret in acting is listening to people. (Eli Wallach) [people]

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