When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice..

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.

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.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up..

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….

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

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

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

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

I was never trained for anything.

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

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

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

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

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

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….