Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Eddie Albert.
Last updated on September 10, 2024.
Edward Albert Heimberger was an American actor and activist. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; the first nomination came in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and the second in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim in the musical Oklahoma!, and the sadistic prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard. He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television sitcom Green Acres and as Frank MacBride in the 1970s crime drama Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman.
And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable.
What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
Usually in features, I'm the lead. I consider the director the captain, but I consider myself the first mate, and it's up to me to keep in contact with the heart of the crew.
I was not really as good as I should have been.
I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.
Courage is just fear plus prayers plus understanding.
You can forgive yourself a great deal.
I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
If I wasn't Eddie Albert's son, I'd be someone else's. It gave me a chance to do a lot of traveling, but mostly I'm glad I'm his son because he's such a good man.
I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.