What do I need a movie for? The stage is on a higher level in every way, and a more satisfying medium. Movies, by comparison, are like calendar art next to great paintings. You can't really do very much in movies or in television, but the stage is such an anarchistic medium.
I never dreamed I would do Westerns. - Eli Wallach
I never dreamed I would do Westerns.
- Eli Wallach
I don't act to live. I live to act. - Eli Wallach
I don't act to live. I live to act.
I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly. - Eli Wallach
I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.
Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe. - Eli Wallach
Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.
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
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.
The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends. - Eli Wallach
The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.
No, I never thought of it in those terms. I used to go into agents' offices and they'd have pictures of these handsome movie men and I knew I'd never… - Eli Wallach
No, I never thought of it in those terms. I used to go into agents' offices and they'd have pictures of these handsome movie men and I knew I'd never…
When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk. - Eli Wallach
When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. - Eli Wallach
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
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