Glenn Ford famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.
-- Glenn Ford

#Trying #Speed
It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end.
-- Glenn Ford

#Hero #Matter #Sometimes
I was making a film called The White Tower at the foot of Mont Blanc - the one thing I learned from that experience was that it's more difficult to go down a mountain than to go up. A lot of people don't realize that.
-- Glenn Ford

#White #Feet #People
I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I thought, 'this is silly,' and became an actor. I certainly never thought I'd wind up in motion pictures. That was far beyond anything I'd ever dreamed of.
-- Glenn Ford

#Silly #Wind #Actors
I think the director is becoming more important. To work under rushed conditions, you need to have an extremely professional director. If the director's good than the end result will be good.
-- Glenn Ford

#Thinking #Important #Directors
I can't frankly see much difference in the film industry at all. The only difference might be that they don't take as much time as they used to. For example, they'll do in one day what we used to take a week to do.
-- Glenn Ford

#Differences #One Day #Example
When I'm on camera, I have to do things pretty much the way I do things in everyday life. It gives the audience someone real to identify with.
-- Glenn Ford

#Real #Giving #Everyday
Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I'm the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down. You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14.
-- Glenn Ford

#Opposites #Trying #Actors
An actor would be foolish to do something that might hold up the picture, or more importantly incapacitate him. If an actor does do a stunt he needs to make sure a stunt man stands by to see that it's done correctly.
-- Glenn Ford

#Men #Doe #Would Be
William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still.
-- Glenn Ford

#Friendship #Good Friend #Loss
It feels good; my mind is going in all kind of directions. It feels good.
-- Glenn Ford

#Feel Good #Mind #Kind
I've never played anyone but myself on screen.
-- Glenn Ford
Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago.
-- Glenn Ford

#Years #Today #Nothing Ever Changes
I dont know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldnt make it to the play. I didnt think anything of it.
-- Glenn Ford

#Thinking #Play #Actors
Never give up. Take what life throws at you and throw it right back. If life keeps throwing then you have a tennis match going. Learn to like tennis.
-- Glenn Ford

#Giving Up #Tennis #Throwing
We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development.
-- Glenn Ford

#Fate #Cities #Democracy
An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.
-- Glenn Ford

#Thinking #Play #Trying

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