Matthau Quotes & Sayings

It's very easy to live here. You're anonymous here. Nobody knows who you are. — Walter Matthau

He knew where Sam worked, and he still her knew her parents' phone number by heart. — Rainbow Rowell

My mother paid eight dollars a month for rent. When she had it. Mostly we were evicted, because she couldnt afford to pay the eight dollars a month. — Walter Matthau

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more. — Walter Matthau

Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality ... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that. — Walter Matthau

There is not a single heart but has its moments of longing. — Henry Ward Beecher

I fall in and out and back in love with that answer. — Colleen Hoover

If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect — Patrick White

I could play a cop, I could play a crook, I could play a lawyer, I could play a dentist, I could play an art critic-I could play the guy next door. I am the guy next door. I could play Catholic, Jewish, Protestant. As a matter of fact, when I did The Odd Couple, I would do it a different way each night. On Monday I'd be Jewish, Tuesday Italian, Wednesday Irish-German-and I would mix them up. I did that to amuse myself, and it always worked. — Walter Matthau

Strategy is methodical, but the one who steers chaos and randomness can steer God. — Lionel Suggs

To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks. — Walter Matthau

I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie. — Walter Matthau

Get out of show business. Its the best advice I ever got, because Im so stubborn that if someone would tell me that, I would stay in it to the bitter end. — Walter Matthau

Worrying about clothes, though, is easy to understand. When it comes to clothes, people are very competitive, especially if they're movie stars. I think every smart woman devises a look for herself. Margaret Sullivan had a look: romantic, young, pretty, smart. Katharine Hepburn made a look for herself as this wonderful old salty character. Marilyn Monroe had a look; it was like, "Fuck me with sadness"... — Carol Matthau

I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy. — Walter Matthau

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself? — Francois Rabelais

I don't mind my wife having to last word. In fact I'm delighted when she reaches it. — Walter Matthau

Back in the '70s, like one of my favorite movies ever was 'The Bad News Bears', and that was a kids' movie, but I don't think of it that way. I think of it as just a great movie because Walter Matthau was so funny and so harsh with those kids. — Jack Black

There's no such thing as 'too late!' That's why they invented death! — Walter Matthau

I never worked with Marilyn Monroe, but if she'd lived, I think she would have been all right. She would have been President of the United States. — Walter Matthau

The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty. — Walter Matthau

Hopefully I've given something back to darts, which has been brilliant to me. Hopefully I made it a bit popular when I first started; I was part of the breakaway, and I also created a monster, so I think I've done a little bit. — Eric Bristow

Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow. — Walter Matthau

The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasn't Steve McQueen or Robert Redford - it was people like Walter Matthau and Anthony Quinn. My big hero was Tommy Cooper. — Alfred Molina

We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines? — Walter Matthau

Managers who master the hammer and expect all problems to behave like nails find organizational life confusing and frustrating. — Lee Bolman

My wife and I came to Canada for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and we really liked the B.C. lifestyle and environment. The following year we applied to become permanent residents. We moved here in 1996 after the Atlanta Olympics. — Jonathan Brown

You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic priest. — Walter Matthau

I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body. — Walter Matthau

We try to invest in companies that are putting together environmental programs and working to improve their overall social and environmental self. — Bob Walker