James Caan Quotes
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What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference.
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I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.
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There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.
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I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.
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People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them.
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My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'
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I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses who get to approve directors. Because once you make that choice, it's my belief that the director's boss.
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There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.
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Some guys say beauty is only skin deep. But when you walk into a party, you don't see somebody's brain. The initial contact has to be the sniffing.
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You have to be very careful when you let someone win.
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My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.
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Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.
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I didn't have parents I could take a million dollars from. We were a lower-class family.
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It's always more interesting to play the villain.
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I know what winning and losing is when you gamble.
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I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about.
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People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.
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I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest.
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I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.
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I rodeo-ed for nine years. That's my other life.
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I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.
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It's always the guys who have absolutely nothing to give that start screaming and yelling about their makeup and trailers. It's a diversion so you don't pay attention to them, because they stink!
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I loved 'Funny Lady' for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me - it's always, 'Punch this guy.'
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I turned down 'Cuckoo's Nest' four times before Jack got it.