I think you have to keep going. Otherwise, you know these fellas that say, "Boy I can't wait to retire. Boy, I'm going to be 65 years old, and I'm retiring and I'm quitting and that's it." Well, two weeks later they're saying to themselves, "What the hell am I gonna do?" And first thing you know they find themselves in a wheelchair or in a rocking chair going back and forth, back and forth, and that's the end of it. And suddenly you're dead.
You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain. - Ernest Borgnine
You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.
- Ernest Borgnine
You got to keep your hand in your craft, otherwise you can rot at the roots and first thing you know, you got nothing. - Ernest Borgnine
You got to keep your hand in your craft, otherwise you can rot at the roots and first thing you know, you got nothing.
It was my mom who told me, "Ernie, if you make even one person happy with your smile or a funny thing you did every day, you'll have accomplished a g… - Ernest Borgnine
It was my mom who told me, "Ernie, if you make even one person happy with your smile or a funny thing you did every day, you'll have accomplished a g…
Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don't hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they created you in … - Ernest Borgnine
Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don't hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they created you in …
Three quarters of producers don't even know who I am. The other quarter think I am dead. - Ernest Borgnine
Three quarters of producers don't even know who I am. The other quarter think I am dead.
I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not. - Ernest Borgnine
I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.
I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in my estimation - it's a lost art the… - Ernest Borgnine
I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in my estimation - it's a lost art the…
If John Wayne were alive, he’d be rolling over in his grave! - Ernest Borgnine
If John Wayne were alive, he’d be rolling over in his grave!
It's not your word that matters, it's who you give it too. - Ernest Borgnine
It's not your word that matters, it's who you give it too.
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