James Caan Quotes
It's hard to tell writers, especially in movies, that words are secondary. Behavior is important.
Quotes to Explore
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
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As a trial lawyer, intelligence is important only in the sense that it allows you to play the game, if you will. Without it, you don't even have a ticket into the competitive arena. But beyond that, it doesn't get you very far at all.
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Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.
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Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
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The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age.
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The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies.
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It's important in a relationship to have moments when you do your own thing.
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Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.
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I think it's important to be diverse, and I hope we continue to see that as a trend in the fashion industry.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do.
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Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.
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I had the opportunity to go and read to cancer patients in hospitals and saw how something as little as that could make someone's day. I also think it's important to support people who are standing up for a good cause, so that's why I get involved with different campaigns and charities.
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From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher.
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I worked in IT, which is all boys, and I was the queen of the boys. That's what I did. I was the one who knew where the paper towels were, which was very important. And I organized happy hours and things like that.
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Emily Kapnek's such a great writer, producer, creator.
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In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.
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Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
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British people might wonder 'What the hell is Kenneth Branagh doing directing 'Thor?' but the person asking that the most was Kenneth Branagh. I think he was more surprised than anyone else to find himself doing this kind of film.
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It's hard to tell writers, especially in movies, that words are secondary. Behavior is important.
