Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by M. Emmet Walsh

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor M. Emmet Walsh.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
M. Emmet Walsh

Michael Emmet Walsh is an American actor and comedian who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including in small but important supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).

I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.
I imagine there are things I wouldn't do, but I haven't been offered those recently either.
Hell, I'm an old man. I'm 70 years old. I'm supposed to be sitting on a rocking chair watching the sunset. — © M. Emmet Walsh
Hell, I'm an old man. I'm 70 years old. I'm supposed to be sitting on a rocking chair watching the sunset.
But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.
No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
But I've worked where they've had animals before, and animal wranglers, the people who raise animals and train animals for films and television, they're all very, very professional.
You know how you can tell that you're getting really old? Nobody says the word 'death' around you anymore.
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