I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else

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.

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me

Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.

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