Fred MacMurray

“You see, I remember myself as a tall, lanky, awkward college fellow who was cast in school theatricals, on the strength of his height alone.”

“I do enough pictures so I ran play golf and go up to my ranch once in awhile. This is what I worked towards when I began in this business in 1934.”

“I never wanted to be an actor. I only came to Hollywood to drive my mother out to visit my grandmother.”

“It was surprising for me to get out of town and have little kids ask for my autograph.”

“The Apartment' was fun, but I enjoy comedy much more, and I feel I do it better.”

“If I spend a couple of hours practising on the driving range, my 10 handicap becomes a 12 by the time I get on the course.”

“When television first came on, it had all the comedy.”

“I don't want the audience to tire of me too quickly. TV would be the fastest way to make them so sick of my face they'd never want to see it again.”

“I never could understand why Leslie Fenton gave up a soft touch in front of the camera to move behind it.”

“It's nice to have people tell you they leave a movie theater without any problems.”

“I'm sure that Steve Douglas, the character I play, has been helpful to some parents who apply his reasoning and ideas to help raise their children.”

“The government has confiscated over 360 acres of my choicest pastureland to build a radar intercepting station.”

“I'm not an actor. I'm a personality.”

“You know, you can only play just so much golf or go fishing just so often.”

“I haven't the knack of being colorful.”

“People look upon me primarily as a comedian. I'm trying to get away from that, though I do like comedy.”

“You've got to admire my courage going into a picture where the dog is a star. It takes a brave man to play opposite one.”

“I'm not good on talk shows.”

“A lot of actors say you can't do both because people won't pay to see you in movies when they get you for free on TV. So far it hasn't hurt me.”

“I'm really not that rich. I really don't know how I got the reputation of being so loaded. Maybe my business manager started it. But I always say that I'm just rich enough that I don't have to do a television series.”