Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

I'm working myself to death.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me

I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day

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.