Quotes by Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

A lot of people forget that today. They come to the point where you walk on a set and the first thing you know you’re looking at the sound man and you’re saying to yourself, “How the hell can they get any sound when nobody is talking!” They get all mumbly. You can’t make out what they’re saying! And you’re 6 feet away from them! Whereas in the old-time movies, you hear them, you understand every word they’re saying, and you didn’t have to put on your loudspeaker.

Men

People

Today

Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going.

Cameras

Mind

Steps

Every time you play one old-time picture along with today’s kind of work, and they throw in the computers and the guns and the this and the that and the God-almighty, it gets to be a hassle and you wonder who the hell’s doing what!

Computer

Gun

Kind

Everything I do has a moral to it.

Moral

Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don’t hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they created you in a moment of love, and are among the few who knew you when. When they’re gone, there won’t be anyone to take their place.

Father

Mistake

Mother

Gary Cooper – the greatest listener in the world! And he used to answer in kind, which is wonderful because you don’t see that anymore. People don’t listen. They really don’t.

Kind

People

World

I am very proud of having won Oscar because I know what I put into it. I know that the people who voted for me voted because they thought I was the best at that time. It’s a wonderful thing to look up there and see that you achieved something that your peers gave to you and appreciation for your work. That’s most of all what I think about when I see the Oscar.

Appreciation

People

Thinking

I call myself a character actor all my life. I’ve done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in my estimation – it’s a lost art these days.

Art

Character

Men

I don’t care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours. And I don’t care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I’d rather have someone else get top billing; then if the picture bombs, he gets the blame, not me.

Long

Names

Two

I don’t chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I’d be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.

Heart

People

Play

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Alive

Animal

Appreciation

Art

Beautiful

Believe

Book

Boys

Cameras

Character

Children

Classic

Clown

Computer

Daughter

Depression

Enough

Father

Feelings

Funny Things

Giving

Grateful

Great Day

Gun

Heart

Jobs

Kind

Knows

Long

Matter

Mean

Men

Mind

Mistake

Mom

Moral

Mother

Names

Navy

Numbers

Oscars

Pain

People

Play

Producers

Reading

Real

Rolling

Sailor

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Quotes by Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going.

Every time you play one old-time picture along with today’s kind of work, and they throw in the computers and the guns and the this and the that and the God-almighty, it gets to be a hassle and you wonder who the hell’s doing what!

Everything I do has a moral to it.

Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don’t hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they created you in a moment of love, and are among the few who knew you when. When they’re gone, there won’t be anyone to take their place.

Gary Cooper – the greatest listener in the world! And he used to answer in kind, which is wonderful because you don’t see that anymore. People don’t listen. They really don’t.

I call myself a character actor all my life. I’ve done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in my estimation – it’s a lost art these days.

I don’t care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours. And I don’t care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I’d rather have someone else get top billing; then if the picture bombs, he gets the blame, not me.

I don’t chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I’d be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.

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