Eli Wallach

One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it. ”

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

John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years. ”

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. ”

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. ”

And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable. ”

Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do. ”

I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly. ”

I never dreamed I would do Westerns. ”

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio. ”