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

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth

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

I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last

I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing

If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps