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.
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.
When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk. - Eli Wallach
When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.
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…
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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