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" I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper. "
Eli Wallach
Tell
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Love
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" The big secret in acting is listening to people. "
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" My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own. "
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" I was an original member of the Actors' Studio. "
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Studio
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Original
" I never lost my appetite for acting. "
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" I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll. "
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Tennessee
She
" Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience. "
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Play
Live
" All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time. "
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Long
Mind
" I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945. "
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End
Out
Years
" When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk. "
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Talk
Shoot
" But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie. "
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Because
Mentor
Love
" And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done. "
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Because
Well Done
Well
" I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda. "
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Henry Fonda
Like
Henry
" And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable. "
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Much
Misfits
Enjoyed
" So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it. "
Eli Wallach
Great
Horse
Money
" I never dreamed I would do Westerns. "
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Never
Would
Westerns
" I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly. "
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Hurt
Always
End
" My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven. "
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First
Seven
Magnificent
" And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done. "
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More
Mail
Him
" Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. "
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Like
Pretty
Say
" Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. "
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Intelligent
Thought
Won
" When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently. "
Eli Wallach
Heard
Said
Wish
" The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes. "
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Before
You
Trouble
" But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies. "
Eli Wallach
Learned
Polo
Ride
" This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country. "
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Age
Country
Complex
" I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging. "
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Acting
Never
Appetite
" I always wanted to tell stories and act. "
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Tell
Wanted
Always
" What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest? "
Eli Wallach
Will
Makeup
Me
" One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it. "
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Magic
Changes
Evening
" Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down. "
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Even
Want
Slowing
" Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do. "
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Acting
Everyone
Far