Quotes By Alan Ladd

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.

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

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

I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.

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.

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