American - Actor | December 7, 1915 - June 24, 2014
When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
Eli Wallach
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Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
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Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.
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When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.
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One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.
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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.
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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.
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The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.
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Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent.
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Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.
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Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience.
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The big secret in acting is listening to people.
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