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Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.

~Martin Landau

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I run the 'Actors Studio' on the West Cost. I'm artistic director of that.

~Martin Landau

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I've turned down a lot of roles. Some of them made stars out of the people. I have no regrets.

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Sergio Leone came to see me when I was doing 'Mission Impossible.' He wanted me to do 'A Fistful of Dollars.' I turned him down. I didn't want to get stuck as a stoic Western movie star.

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I always believed that all it would take was a decent role. I felt like a pinch hitter with a leaden bat: that if I got a chance, I could hit a home run.

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Nobody knew me. They just knew that I was the guy from 'Mission: Impossible.'

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I started teaching when I was in my 20s because Lee Strasberg asked me to, and he didn't do that with a lot of people.

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The year I got into The Actors Studio, Steve McQueen and I were the only two accepted that whole year.

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You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your palette.

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No one tries to cry. You try not to cry. No one tries to laugh. You try not to laugh.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: June 20th, 1928

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