Eli Wallach Quotes

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

Life, Business, Person

When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
Eli Wallach

Music, Wish, Said

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

Done, Him, Batman

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

Lost, Acting, Innovative

All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.
Eli Wallach

Time, Mind, Long

And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
Eli Wallach

Done, Movie, Terrible

And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable.
Eli Wallach

Enjoyed, Misfits, Gable

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

Love, Nothing, Making

But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.
Eli Wallach

Learned, While, Texas

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

Down, Slow, Slowing

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

Acting, Everyone, Easy

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

Pretty, Praise, Critics

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

Hurt, End, Evil

I always wanted to tell stories and act.
Eli Wallach

Wanted, Tell, Act

I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.
Eli Wallach

Love, Down, Tell

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.
Eli Wallach

Wife, After, She

I never dreamed I would do Westerns.
Eli Wallach

Dreamed, Westerns

I never lost my appetite for acting.
Eli Wallach

Lost, Acting, Appetite

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.
Eli Wallach

Original, Studio, Member

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

Medical, End, After

I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
Eli Wallach

Wonderful, Worked, Brando

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

Good, Him, Free

My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.
Eli Wallach

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

Movies, Wife, Acting

One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.
Eli Wallach

Learning, Evening, Working

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 7, 1915

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