Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Huston

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Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Walter Thomas Huston was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and great-grandchild Jack Huston. The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners: Walter, his son John, and granddaughter Anjelica.

American - Actor | April 5, 1883 - April 7, 1950

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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.

Walter Huston

Many years ago... many, many years ago, I brought up a boy, and I said to him, 'Son, if you ever become a writer, try to write a good part for your old man sometime.' Well, by cracky, that's what he did!

Walter Huston

I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.

Walter Huston

Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.

Walter Huston

Have you ever noticed how transparent people are when you really look at them?

Walter Huston

Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful.

Walter Huston

If I were you boys, I wouldn't talk or even think about women. It ain't good for your health.

Walter Huston

I've got to make a new life for myself, I'm out to learn how to enjoy my leisure now that I'm retired. I've been doing things people expected of me always. I want to feel free. I want to sit under a linden tree with nothing more important to worry about than the temperature of the beer, if there is anything more important.

Walter Huston

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Huston

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