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
Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.
I always wanted to tell stories and act.
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.
I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.
My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.
Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.
What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?
I never dreamed I would do Westerns
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.
I was an original member of the Actors' Studio
When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable.