Quotes by Eli Wallach

About Eli Wallach:

Eli Herschel Wallach was an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. Trained in stage acting, which he enjoyed doing most, he became "one of the greatest 'character actors' ever to appear on stage and screen,"[citation needed] states TCM, with over 90 film credits. On stage, he often co-starred with his wife, Anne Jackson, becoming one of the best-known acting couples in the American theater.
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And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable.

Eli Wallach

And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.

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And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.

Eli Wallach

Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.

Eli Wallach

The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.

Eli Wallach

I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.

Eli Wallach

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.

Eli Wallach

I never dreamed I would do Westerns.

Eli Wallach

But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.

Eli Wallach

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

All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.

Eli Wallach

Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.

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When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.

Eli Wallach

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.

Eli Wallach

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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Author Bio

  • NameEli Wallach
  • DescriptionAmerican film, television and stage actor
  • AliasesEli Herschel Wallach
  • BornDecember 7, 1915
  • DiedJune 24, 2014
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Autobiographer