Walter Matthau

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a 'what time is lunch?' actor.”

“Every actor is a schmuck.”

“My doctor gave me two weeks to live. I hope they're in August.”

“To be a character actor is to be open to all possibilities.”

“I never mind my wife having the last word. In fact, I'm delighted when she gets to it.”

“My face is my fortune, and it's a misfortune.”

“Comedy is a serious business. A serious business with a laugh at the end.”

“I don't think I'm a comedian, I'm an actor who's a comedian.”

“I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him.”

“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.”

“I was the first to win a Tony, an Oscar and a Pulitzer.”

“I was a lousy lover. I was a lousy husband. I was a lousy father. But I was a good actor.”

“The trouble with being a star is that you have to live up to it. It's a responsibility.”

“I'm not a handsome man, but I'm a man who's handsome.”