Richard Widmark Quotes


"I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I'd gone to California."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Time, Actor, Friends)

"I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did it because I met Sidney Poitier."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Character, Play, Want)

"John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Funny, Work)

"Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Money, Friend, Eating, Jobs, Old, Play)

"I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Time, Irish)

"Many of my friends were blacklisted. America should be ashamed of it forever."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: America, Friends)

"A lot of actors said they hated the studio system, but I loved it. It was like a college; it was a great place to learn."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Actors, College)

"Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Work, Words)

"Mankiewicz was a brilliant director."
- Richard Widmark
"I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Fact, Pretty)

"Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Ability, Attention)

"Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Education, Nature, Friend, American)

"Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Car, Work, Flags)

"Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Name)

"Most movies are made today for teenage boys. Once in a while a good one comes along."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Movies, Boys, Teenage, Today)

"You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Compromise, Result)

"There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Act)

"Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because I'm ready to quit after number two."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Actor, Actors, Film)

"Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures."
- Richard Widmark
(Related: Apology, Autumn, Past)