Eli Wallach

Actor

1915-12-07 – 2014-06-24

Eli Wallach was an American actor known for a long stage and screen career, including his role as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He also earned acclaim for performances on Broadway and in dramatic films.

Quotes by Eli Wallach

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.
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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.
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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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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've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.
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And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
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I never dreamed I would do Westerns.
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