James Cook Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
-
I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.
-
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
-
As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.
-
I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.
-
Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
-
There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
-
I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
-
I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
-
As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
-
Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
-
If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
-
None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
-
I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.
-
I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals.
-
It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience is just terrific.
-
My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.
-
There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
-
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
-
There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
-
Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.
-
I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
-
If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.
-
Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.
