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" Ageism is something that does exist. "
Martin Landau
Exist
Something
Ageism
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" Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there's a use for those things in my life and in my work. "
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Value
Painful
" I was offered the Gene Hackman role in 'The Poseidon Adventure' four times, and I turned it down four times. I didn't want to do that movie. I called it the upside down boat. "
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Upside Down
Boat
Adventure
" People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing what I do, you perish. "
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Know
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" You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way. "
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Say
You
Will
" A good director makes a playground and allows you to play. "
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Play
You
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" I hung around with Jason Robards, Richard Harris, Robert Shaw, Richard Burton. I knew not to match them for drinks. "
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Drinks
Around
" Life is a roller coaster. There are ups; there are downs. There are hills; there are valleys, peaks, and so on. "
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Life
" I always tried to play the bad guys as guys who didn't know they were bad guys. There are villains we run into all the time, but they don't think they are doing anything wrong. If they do, they think they are cunning and smart. When people break laws and ethical rules, they justify it in their own terms. "
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Think
People
Run
" I had hair down to my shoulders, a beard and mustache. I was crude and rude. "
Martin Landau
Hair
Beard
Mustache
" I felt I knew Lugosi. Like him, I had worked for good directors and terrible directors. "
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Like
Him
Terrible
" Great teachers are the ones who inspire you. "
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Teachers
Who
" I did theatrical caricatures. "
Martin Landau
Theatrical
Did
Caricatures
" I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop. "
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Me
Find
Always
" Harry Dean Stanton, Anjelica Huston - a lot of people have studied with me. It's paying my dues. "
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Paying
Dues
Dean
" My mantra is 'stay perpendicular.' Horizontal is not as good. "
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Mantra
Good
Horizontal
" I played a wide variety of roles. "
Martin Landau
Played
Wide
Variety
" I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25 for room and board, I had enough money for a pack of cigarettes and a bowl of lobster bisque. "
Martin Landau
Maine
Enough
Week
" I've got two daughters, and it's impossible for me to say one of them is a favorite. "
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Two
Favorite
Impossible
" It's good to make people laugh. "
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Good
Make
People
" Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany. "
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Bad
Work
Thought
" I'm very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new generation of fans. "
Martin Landau
Help
Success
Hope
" The Italian tough guys, dey talk real deep like dis down in dere chests... while the Irish speak way high-ah, up here in their heads. "
Martin Landau
Speak
Deep
Down
" I've always been interested in science fiction. "
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Science
Always
Been
" The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry. "
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You
Cry
Good