132 result(s) for Humphrey Bogart Quotes.
"I’m not sure I’m cut out to be a film star."
"The only thing you owe the public is a good performance."
"It's all a trick. The world is a masquerade. Everybody wears a mask."
"My kind of people are the people who love each other."
"You can’t see me and I can’t see you, but you know I’m here."
"I don’t think I’m a bad actor. I’m not a great one, but I’m not bad."
"If you’re gonna be a success in this business, you have to be willing to take the chance."
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"The greatest things in life are not the things that money can buy."
"It’s a hard thing to do, to live alone and not know your own mind."
"You know, it’s a funny thing, but I never really look at the film of myself."
"I’ll take drama over comedy any day."
"There’s nothing like the smell of a freshly opened can of sardines."
"I am not a has-been. I am a will be."
"I've got to get out of this business, or I'm going to wind up broke some day."
"To me, acting is being real."
"I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
"The only way to get rid of it is to do it."
"This is the real thing for me. Acting is my whole life."
"Coming from the gutter I'm content to stay there."
"Courage is the greatest of all virtues."
"I’m not afraid of being self-conscious; I’m just afraid of being bad."
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"The whole country is a show, and we are all actors in it."
"Being good in this business is a full-time job."
"When you're in love, you can’t hide it."
"There’s no such thing as a bad story if you tell it right."
"I never stopped acting; I just stopped making money at it."
"The worst part of it is that it’s not about acting anymore, it’s about personality."
"I’d never want to be a part of any club that would have me as a member."
"I'm not a writer, but I write, and I write the things that bring me pain."
"You can't see a film until it's finished."
"The important thing is that you have a good time."
"It’s all a matter of how you look at it."
"I wasn’t always a tough guy."
"You’re not just a character; you have to think on your feet."
"The money is the same, but the work is different."
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"I'm too old for that, and too young for this."
"I feel that I have a gift for acting."
"I used to have a lot of things that worried me, but I don’t anymore."
"The first thing I learned was that I was not afraid of being alone."
"Every movie is a kind of tour de force."
"You can’t think of one without the other."
"The world is made up of two types of people: those who tell the story and those who listen."
"I think the best acting is when you're not acting."
"Just because you can’t do everything doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do something."
"I’ve had so many chilling experiences in my life that I don’t even think about them anymore."
"I don’t know what I’m going to do next, but I know I’m going to do something."
"Acting is like being a magician, you can make people cry, laugh or feel fear with just a look."
"It's all a question of how you interpret it; that's the actor's job."
"The only way to act is to just do it."
"In order to be an effective actor, you must have experience in observing life."
"You have to live life to understand it, then portray it."
"It’s the story that counts, not the glamour."
"I suppose I’m just a cash-and-carry kind of guy."
"I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."
"You know, you can’t be a movie star unless you’re a little bit crazy."
"Never have a second on the same day."
"I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate."
"There’s no place like home."
"I can’t remember when I last saw a good movie. My life is a good movie."
"A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz."
"You’re a funny guy, you should be a comedian."
"The only thing I am is a coward. I’ll take it any day."
"It’s not all about what you say, it’s about how you say it."
"There are more important things in life than a job."
"You can’t be too careful in this world; you never know where that next bullet’s coming from."
"Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice."
"The best thing I ever did was marry my wife."
"Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made."
"I’m a mathematician and a philosopher, all exclusive to death."
"It’s the nostalgia of the old days that makes me feel young."
"In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years."
"The key to happiness is to keep your ego in check."
"There’s a fine line between a long shot and a bad shot."
"I really think that it’s the sense of humor that makes life worth living."
"Stick with what you know and don’t worry about the rest."
"It’s better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie."
"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."
"I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished, but I know there’s more to do."
"I'm not a hero, but I played one in a movie."
"Here's looking at you, kid."
"I would rather see you dead than in that house."
"The only thing that can distract you from your duties is the show business."
"If you want to know what a man is like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
"It's a good thing you and I don't get along too well. That would make it rather difficult to work together."
"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is in the action of writing. I don’t love the end product; I love the process."
"You know, I’m not quite sure how to put this, but I don’t think I can get back to your place this evening."
"I think I have the right to reject any film project that I don’t think is good enough."
"There are no bad actors, only bad directors."
"Acting is like playing. You play the part, but you must keep the play alive."
"I'm just a guy who likes to play his music."
"I can't see myself ever going to a psychiatrist or a psychologist. I think they could help me out, but I wouldn't want them to."
"You’re not born an actor. You’re born a person. You’re an actor only when you agree to be one."
"I want to be successful, but I also want to be an artist. The two can go hand in hand."
"Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than smart."
"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."
"There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."
"I'm not an actor that stands on a pedestal. I have been as low as you can go and as high as you can go."
"I’ve never been able to play a part in a movie that I couldn’t relate to."
"I don’t need religion, I have my family and my friends."
"The best thing is about being a star, you can go anywhere and you can do anything."
"I was never too particular about the characters I played. I’m more concerned about the story as a whole."
"People ask me about my private life, but I don’t think it has anything to do with my work."
"Acting is the only thing I know how to do well."
"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
"I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it. Just the thousands out there marked 'addressed to occupant.'"
"There's no half-sizing it in this business. You either do it right or you don't do it at all."
"It’s a hard business, and you mustn’t take it seriously. But, of course, I do."
"I guess I’m a little offbeat, but I guess I’m that way by nature."
"I’d rather have a big piece of it than a little piece of something else."
"The best way to get your point across is to say it simply."
"I never wanted to be a star, I always wanted to be a great actor."
"Acting is the art of keeping a large group of people entertained, and I love it."
"I don't have to think like an actor. I think like Bogart."
"The only thing you can do is to just be yourself."
"You can’t be a hero without being a coward."
"I don’t care who you are. You get a chance like this, you seize it."
"No one should be afraid of their own shadow."
"Life is too short to be anything but happy."
"It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it."
"Happiness is a state of mind."
"You’re only as good as your last picture."
"Acting is a question of being yourself, acting naturally."
"I’ve always believed that acting is an instinctive drive."
"You can’t be a hero without some darkness."
"You can’t drown a fish."
"A tough guy who knows how to cry is my idea of a man."
"In this business, you take what you can get."
"I know what I like and I like what I know."
"You can’t make it if you don’t know it."
"There's a lot of truth in what people say about you."
"Every day you wake up, you get a new chance."
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