Alan Ladd Professions : Film actor Born : September 3, 1913 Died : January 29, 1964 Browse All Authors Top 33 quotes by Alan Ladd I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else Alan Ladd chewing scenery want Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth Alan Ladd host youth loneliness I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good Alan Ladd i-dont-care care long Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts. Alan Ladd too-much enough I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day Alan Ladd father I was a dummy in school. Alan Ladd dummy school I'm working myself to death. Alan Ladd work I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I. Alan Ladd figures faces men I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me Alan Ladd great-respect If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps Alan Ladd entertaining steps way Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material. Alan Ladd strong enough weak I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much. Alan Ladd stop nothing me want As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am. Alan Ladd i-am man long people Similar Authors Ivan Heng film-actor Boman Irani film-actor Burt Lancaster film-actor Bud Jamison film-actor Bruce Campbell film-actor Broderick Crawford film-actor All Authors