Eli Wallach quotes - page 2

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. (Eli Wallach)
John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years. View quote
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And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done. View quote
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What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest? View quote
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I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945. View quote
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In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now I get scripts, and I act them out. View quote
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From the age of four or five. I went to see a lot of Westerns then. But it was silent movies and I loved everything that happened then. View quote
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I never lost my appetite for acting. View quote
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This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country. View quote
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The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes. View quote
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And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable. (Eli Wallach)
Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. View quote
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Eli Wallach

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: December 7, 1915
Died: June 24, 2014
Quotes count: 37

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