11 Walter Matthau Quotes for You to Enjoy

Walter Matthau

American Actor

Born: Oct 1, 1920

Died: Jul 1, 2000

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I wasn't handsome. I didn't have good clothes. I used to wonder why people would hire me when they could get college graduates and Oxford scholars. Then it became apparent that when I got up on a stage, people actually wanted to look at me. Walter Matthau

Good Me People College Clothes Stage Would Could Scholars Look Became Got Hire Up Wonder Get Handsome Graduates Oxford Wanted Then Used Apparent Why Actually

I can relate to anything. I once played Macbeth. I got a lot of laughs, so I quit. Walter Matthau

Relate Once Macbeth Laughs Got Lot Quit Anything Played

Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that. Walter Matthau

Life Personality Will Every Mine Plutonium Part Combine Talents Couple Looks Odd His After Happening Actor Started Needed

It's very easy to live here. You're anonymous here. Nobody knows who you are. Walter Matthau

You Live Easy Nobody Anonymous Knows Very Who Here

Doing a good play on the stage is like eating a good meal at home - assuming your wife is a great cook or that she's hired a great cook. Walter Matthau

Good Home Great Wife Stage Meal Assuming Great Cook Good Meal Eating Like She Doing Hired Cook Your Play

Doing a movie is like eating five hundred canapes at a cocktail party - you're never really full. You don't feel as though you've eaten a meal, and yet you can't eat any more. Walter Matthau

You Party Meal Cocktail Hundred Though Eat Eaten Eating More Never Feel Like Doing Five Any Movie Really Full

Sometimes it takes me six months before I find out what a line means, even if the writing is superficial... To do a play right, really, I'd like to take two years of rehearsal. You study the character by living with him. Walter Matthau

Character Me You Writing Sometimes Before Living Months Out Find Superficial Take Takes Study Like Him Line Years Six Really Means Rehearsal Even Play Right Two

I was playing Russell Long, the senator from Louisiana. I had 12 speech teachers watching me. All the other passengers on the airplane were speech teachers, and every time I got it wrong, one of the speech teachers would jump up and correct it. Walter Matthau

Time Me Long Every Other Every Time Correct Airplane Would Russell Had Wrong Got Passengers Were Up Jump Louisiana Senator Teachers Watching Playing Speech

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