Best 9 quotes of Lee Marvin on MyQuotes

Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.

As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I'm not going to get the girl, and second, I'll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over.

Newman has it all worked out. I get a million. He gets a million two, but that includes $200,000 expenses.

One of the good things about getting older is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet.

I know my career is going badly because I'm being quoted correctly.

In the movies you get even; in life, diplomacy is best.

Now that I think I know what I'm doing, I'm scared. Before this, I just didn't know any better.

The only thing in life that's really interesting is the contest. We are all contestants--whether we admit it or not. If I read 20 pages of a book and they're no good, I put it down. Maybe it's good after 100 pages, but I can't wait. The author lost.

[To actor Strother Martin] You know, as character actors we play all kinds of sex psychos, nuts, creeps, perverts, and weirdos. And we laugh it off, saying what the hell it's just a character. But deep down inside, it's you, baby.