Top 37 Quotes by Alan Ladd

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.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

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

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

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

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.

Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

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

Our children were trained to look after each other.