Martin Landau : (8)

" A lot of the time with an independent production, you go onto the set, and you rehearse it in front of the crew, and at that point, the cinematographer takes over. You start accommodating the camera instead of the camera accommodating you. " - Martin Landau

" My mantra is ‘stay perpendicular.’ Horizontal is not as good. " - Martin Landau

" As a young actor, I was working much more readily and being offered more things. " - Martin Landau

" It’s good to make people laugh. " - Martin Landau

" Sergio Leone came to see me when I was doing ‘Mission Impossible.’ He wanted me to do ‘A Fistful of Dollars.’ I turned him down. I didn’t want to get stuck as a stoic Western movie star. " - Martin Landau

" I run the Actor’s Studio on the West Coast, and one of the things I say all the time to the people I teach – many of whom are acting teachers – is that an actor needs to make choices that make him present. " - Martin Landau

" You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, ‘Things happen for a reason’, there’s a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way. " - Martin Landau

" I’m very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new generation of fans. " - Martin Landau