Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthauwas an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple co-star Jack Lemmon. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1966 Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie. Besides the Oscar, he was the winner of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony awards...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 October 1920
CityNew York City, NY
feeling met preaching
My own feeling is that he was a shyster and that he would become anything to get his way. Like, if he met you, he would be preaching papal supremacy.
ebb five rid takes
You can't do it with strangers. It takes about five years to get into the ebb and flow. If it's not working after five years, get rid of them.
advice stubborn bitter
Get out of show business. Its the best advice I ever got, because Im so stubborn that if someone would tell me that, I would stay in it to the bitter end.
father thinking catholic
You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic priest.
book writing together
We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
girl firsts bed
The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty
successful needs break
To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks.
nice white giving
I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy.
thinking president united-states
I never worked with Marilyn Monroe, but if she'd lived, I think she would have been all right. She would have been President of the United States.
easy nobody-knows knows
It's very easy to live here. You're anonymous here. Nobody knows who you are.
couple personality looks
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.
mother eight pay
My mother paid eight dollars a month for rent. When she had it. Mostly we were evicted, because she couldnt afford to pay the eight dollars a month.
body talent fart
I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body.
over-you world lips
Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow.