Eli Wallach Quotes

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• The big secret in acting is listening to people.

  Eli Wallach

  People, Secret, Listening

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?

  Eli Wallach

  Ugly, Good And Bad, Killing Yourself

  "Fictional character: Tuco". "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", www.imdb.com. 1966.

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• Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

  Eli Wallach

  Beauty, Sarcastic, Sarcasm

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.

  Eli Wallach

  Ugly, Good And Bad, Western Movie

  "Fictional character: Tuco". "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", www.imdb.com. 1966.

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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.

  Eli Wallach

  Business, People, Needs

  "R.I.P. Eli Wallach (1915-2014): Watch Oscar Acceptance Speech, Career Profile, Movie Clips & More" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. June 25, 2014.

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• The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.

  Eli Wallach

  Powerful, Men, Powerful Friends

  "Fictional character: Don Altobello". "The Godfather: Part III", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.

  Eli Wallach

  Food, Cooking, Needs

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• I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.

  Eli Wallach

  Hurt, Evil, Hurt Feelings

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't act to live. I live to act.

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  "Eli Wallach, Whose Career Spanned Six Decades, Dies at 98" by Jacob Combs, www.indiewire.com. June 25, 2014.

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• No, I never thought of it in those terms. I used to go into agents' offices and they'd have pictures of these handsome movie men and I knew I'd never be up there. I'm a journeyman actor. I didn't think about stardom.

  Eli Wallach

  Men, Thinking, Office

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• I never dreamed I would do Westerns.

  Eli Wallach

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.

  Eli Wallach

  Want, Slow Down, Slowing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.

  Eli Wallach

  Italian, Mentor

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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.

  Eli Wallach

  Book, Home, Acting

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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.

  Eli Wallach

  Years, Play, Philadelphia

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Beautiful, Money, Horse

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Eli Wallach

  Money, Play, Hollywood Films

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Eli Wallach

  Learning, Magic, Evening

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.

  Eli Wallach

  Firsts, Seven, Magnificent

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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.

  Eli Wallach

  Movie, Wife, Acting

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.

  Eli Wallach

  Thinking, Acting, Easy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always wanted to tell stories and act.

  Eli Wallach

  Stories, Wanted

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.

  Eli Wallach

  Challenges, Acting, Lost

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Eli Wallach

  Army, Years, Captains

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.

  Eli Wallach

  Done, Mail, Freeze

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