James Caan Quotes
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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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My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'
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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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My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'
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I know what winning and losing is when you gamble.
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I rodeo-ed for nine years. That's my other life.
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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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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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I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.
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There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.
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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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It's always more interesting to play the villain.
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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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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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You have to be very careful when you let someone win.
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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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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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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 turned down 'Cuckoo's Nest' four times before Jack got it.
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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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To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
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Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all.