American - Actor | December 7, 1915 - June 24, 2014
So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it.
Eli Wallach
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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.
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My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.
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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.
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I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
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I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.
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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.
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I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.
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I never lost my appetite for acting.
I never dreamed I would do Westerns.
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I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.
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I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.
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