I don’t know how you can tell a good actor in the movies. I really don’t. I think you simply just do the part and hope to God that the director has a good cutter and a good editor, and it’ll all get cut and put together so that you look good in it. Walter Matthau Read Quote
I still think I’m 28. I’m 73. I think I’m 28, though, except that I won’t get into a fight with anybody because I just had a pacemaker put in. Walter Matthau Read Quote
People say, ‘When are you going to do serious stuff?’ I look at them as though they were crazy. My serious stuff is my comedy. That’s how I make my points. Walter Matthau Read Quote
I can relate to anything. I once played Macbeth. I got a lot of laughs, so I quit. Walter Matthau Read Quote
Perfection, to me ,means you spend much too much time trying to be perfect. Walter Matthau Read Quote
It’s very easy to live here. You’re anonymous here. Nobody knows who you are. Walter Matthau Read Quote
If you’re sitting around and doing Chekhov and the cat walks in, you must pay attention to the cat. You cannot continue the dialogue of Chekhov without including the cat. So on live television, we’d automatically go into ad-lib gear. Walter Matthau Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We’re writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines? Walter Matthau Read Quote
