I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen..

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material..

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.

I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.

I was never trained for anything.

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 ….

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 bette….

It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their mon….

I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how l….

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….

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up..

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am..

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me..

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 muc….

I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.

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.

It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have.

Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I..

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.