Phrase by 'Walter Matthau'

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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  You , Always , Pretty , Girl


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.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  Life , Will , Looks , Personality


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.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  You , Never , Feel , Eating


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.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  Good , God , Together , Hope


Of course I gamble, to make the games interesting. But five hundred dollars a game, tops. Or sometimes a thousand. No heart attack bets.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  Sometimes , Heart , Game , Interesting


The only guy that was ever affected by climactic conditions in his acting was Kirk Douglas. He did a superb job in 'Lonely Are the Brave' because we were shooting that picture up at about 12,000 feet, and the rarefied atmosphere sapped him of any energy or strength that he had. That was his best performance.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  Best , Job , Strength , Brave


I told Simon, 'I don't want to play Oscar. I want to play Felix because Oscar is too easy. He gets all the laughs. Felix is a hard part; that's the part I want to play.'

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  Want , Easy , Play , Hard


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.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  You , Me , Sometimes , Character


Working for the screen is almost like being in the Army: you set your mind to it, and you do it.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  You , Your , Mind , Army


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.

Author: Walter Matthau - American Actor
  You , Doing , Live , Sitting


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