The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Walter Matthau
- My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.
- I wasn’t handsome. I didn’t have good clothes. I used to wonder why people would hire me when they could get college graduates and Oxford scholars. Then it became apparent that when I got up on a stage, people actually wanted to look at me.
- We’re writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
- Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality… ‘The Odd Couple’ was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
- I don’t know how you can tell a good actor in the movies. I really don’t. I think you simply just do the part and hope to God that the director has a good cutter and a good editor, and it’ll all get cut and put together so that you look good in it.
- Of course I gamble, to make the games interesting. But five hundred dollars a game, tops. Or sometimes a thousand. No heart attack bets.
- Sometimes it takes me six months before I find out what a line means, even if the writing is superficial… To do a play right, really, I’d like to take two years of rehearsal. You study the character by living with him.
- If you’re sitting around and doing Chekhov and the cat walks in, you must pay attention to the cat. You cannot continue the dialogue of Chekhov without including the cat. So on live television, we’d automatically go into ad-lib gear.
- People say, ‘When are you going to do serious stuff?’ I look at them as though they were crazy. My serious stuff is my comedy. That’s how I make my points.
- I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you’d give him money, and he’d give you something that you wanted to buy.
Walter Matthau (1920–2000) was an American actor celebrated for his sharp wit, distinctive voice, and skill in both comedy and drama.
Born in New York City, Matthau grew up in a working-class family and served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II before pursuing acting. He trained at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School, launching a career that spanned stage, film, and television.
Matthau gained prominence on Broadway and transitioned to Hollywood with memorable roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957) and Charade (1963). He won an Academy Award for The Fortune Cookie (1966), the first of many collaborations with close friend Jack Lemmon.
Together, they became one of cinema’s most beloved duos, especially in The Odd Couple (1968) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). Known for his sardonic charm, Matthau left a lasting legacy as a versatile actor whose humor and humanity captivated audiences worldwide.
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