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 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

It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office

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

I'm working myself to death.

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