In school, I couldn't see any sense to reading, writing, and arithmetic. Sure, they kicked me out, but for trifles, like continual daydreaming and smoking, that wouldn't be grounds for expulsion nowadays. Lee Marvin More Quotes by Lee Marvin More Quotes From Lee Marvin And once by God, I was a Marine! Lee Marvin marine-corpsmarine One of the good things about getting older is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet. Lee Marvin getting-olderpeopleinteresting Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit. Lee Marvin limitsrealdrinking Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby. Lee Marvin starsdogbaby I know my career is going badly because I'm being quoted correctly. Lee Marvin careersknows As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I'm not going to get the girl, and second, I'll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over. Lee Marvin girlghoulstwo If your house burns down, rescue the dogs. At least they'll be faithful to you. Lee Marvin doghousefriendship I only make movies to finance my fishing. Lee Marvin hunting-and-fishingfinancefishing If I have any appeal at all, it's to the fellow who takes out the garbage. Lee Marvin garbageappealsfellows Newman has it all worked out. I get a million. He gets a million two, but that includes $200,000 expenses. Lee Marvin newmanexpensestwo It's important not to think too much about what you do. Lee Marvin thinkyoutoo-muchimportant I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good. Lee Marvin neverbadgoodlove I didn't get my hair cut for two movies, and it got a little long. I'm going back to a... not a crew cut. Back to, oh, about a Presbyterian length. Lee Marvin moviesbackhairlong I studied violin when I was very young. Lee Marvin studiedveryviolinyoung The first day of 'Liberty,' I was hanging around waiting for Ford to come in. Everybody told me how tough he was and not to say anything, or he'd single you out and get on you the whole shoot. But as he walked in, I got up and saluted him. Lee Marvin daymeyouwaiting My father was the classic Puritan. Hold the emotions in check. Keep up appearances. Lee Marvin emotionsupclassicfather It was the Marines who taught me how to act. After that, pretending to be rough wasn't so hard. Lee Marvin howmepretendinghard After a sheltered life, I went the other way. I wanted to prove how tough I was. Lee Marvin toughprovelifeway Wardrobe is - in films, I could say it's a good half of the acting. You get the right rags on, they'll talk for you. Lee Marvin saytalkgoodyou I know Chicago cops. They're tough. They have to be. The whole city would explode. It's like a bomb, Chicago. Lee Marvin citylikeknowtough
