Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach
Eli Herschel Wallachwas an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. Trained in stage acting, which he enjoyed doing most, he became "one of the greatest 'character actors' ever to appear on stage and screen" states TCM, with over 90 film credits. On stage, he often co-starred with his wife, Anne Jackson, becoming one of the best-known acting couples in the American theater...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 December 1915
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.
Fifty million dollars is not to be sneezed at. Of course, I never catch cold.
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.
All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.
From the age of four or five. I went to see a lot of Westerns then. But it was silent movies and I loved everything that happened then.
In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now I get scripts, and I act them out.
My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own
I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.
If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?
I don't act to live. I live to act.
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.
I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.