Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Strother Martin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Strother Martin.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Strother Martin

Strother Douglas Martin Jr. was an American character actor who often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman and in Western films directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah. Martin played the prison captain in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, in which he uttered the line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate." The line is number 11 on the American Film Institute list of 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes.

What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. — © Strother Martin
What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.
Morons. I've got morons on my team.
Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on one's face and bearing. A few lines on the face and a few gray hairs coupled with the idiosyncrasies an actor adopts throughout life help out round out the actor's personality. So far as I'm concerned, the older a character actor gets, the firmer his position is.
Some are born to fail. Others have it thrust upon them.
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