Lee Marvin Quotes

Stimulation? Thursdays. Motivation? Thursdays. Paydays. That`s it. It`s important not to think too much about what you do. You see, with my way of thinking there are always Thursdays -- no matter how the picture works out.

(on working with Paul Newman on Pocket Money (1972)) I remember "Pocket Money." At the beginning, it was understood that Newman and I would earn the same amount and have roles of equal importance. Well, I`ve never seen a situation so much reversed. It was Newman`s company who produced the film and when they came to show it, Newman had become the sole star and I was nowhere.

There was that very credible virility of guys like Spencer Tracy or Humphrey Bogart. I don`t think that I could one day resemble them, but in life and in movies I profoundly admired Bogart, both personally and professionally.

Tequila. Straight. There`s a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won`t go down. Then you know you`ve reached your limit.

(on Sam Peckinpah) Sam was dangerous for me. He had my number and I had his, and that can be bad between an actor and a director. `Cause he was a little guy.

(on Marlon Brando) Brando is not exactly a generous actor, he doesn`t give. But he does make demands on you and if you don`t come through then he`ll run right over the top of you.

(on Robert Aldrich) I loved Aldrich. Very saddened by his passing. Richard Jaeckel was a good friend of his. He went to see him on his last stretch in the hospital. He was in a coma much of the time. And Jaeckel asks if there is anything he can get him. And Aldrich says, "Yeah, a good script."

If I have any appeal at all, it`s to the fellow who takes out the garbage.

(upon accepting his Best Actor Academy Award for Cat Ballou (1965)) I think half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in the (San Fernando) Valley.

(on Robert Mitchum) The beauty of that man. He`s so still. He`s moving and yet he`s not moving.

Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.