Martin Landau
Martin Landau
Martin Landauis an American film and television actor. His career started in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossibleand Space: 1999...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 June 1928
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
stuff way next
I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop
regret looks stuff
You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way
aunt died father mother raised uncle understand
His mother died when he was a little kid, his father didn't understand him, and he was raised by an aunt and uncle and a grandfather on a farm. He had a lot of darkness, without question.
behaved boy looked next
He epitomized that dissatisfied young teenager. He looked like the boy next door, but he behaved differently.
anybody death drove faster knew people
He drove fast, but no faster than anybody else that I knew at the time. A lot of people said he had a death wish. He did not.
became growing kid looked talked worry
We had talked about growing older. He used to worry that he looked like a kid when he became an actor.
dream men vision
It's better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone else's dream.
years allies five-years
Just five years before that the Russians were our allies
dvds space fans
I'm very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new generation of fans
money luxury i-can
God is a luxury I can't afford.
caricatures theatrical
I did theatrical caricatures.
character interesting inspire
I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me.
real laughing comedian
The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry
people gold actors
An awful lot of actors who are considered very good actors are not very good actors. There are people who just strike gold, they have intrinsic talent but the point is that if they did train...it would only broaden them more.