15 Ernest Borgnine quotes

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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I just want to do more work. 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.

Words: just, want, more, work, every, time, step, front, camera, feel, young, again, really, keeps, mind, active, going

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I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

Words: trade, years, anything, Navy, taught, lot, things, molded, man, made, wonderful, friends

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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.

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The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful. But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't have gotten into the messes I did in my personal life.

Words: Oscar, made, star, grateful, feel, won, gotten, messes, did, personal, life

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My mother made me do all the housework as a boy. I still do it, even in hotels.

Words: mother, made, all, housework, boy, still, hotels

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To this day I clean better than most maids.

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I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.

Words: think, all, urge, clown, know

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Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right.

Words: writers, used, make, wonderful, pictures, all, swearing, cursing, now, seems, say, three, words, think, right

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Everything I do has a moral to it.

Words: moral

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The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting.

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The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too.

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I'm what you call a Depression sailor.

Words: call, depression, sailor

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I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all the services for that matter. This is an altogether different bunch. These people of today are really bright, young, good people.

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I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.

Words: job, immediately, after, leaving, high, school, lucky, three, dollars, week, all, eat, working, vegetable, truck

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