James Garner Quotes
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I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.
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When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get.
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People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.
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The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists.
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I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma.
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I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.
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Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.
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You can never have too many friends.
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I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to.
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What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
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Anyway, you learn a healthy respect for war, and I'm not happy with what's going on today. Uh, you know, our sterling President-um, I shouldn't get into this. Everybody's gonna kill me, but I'm not happy with him. I-I-if he had ever been in a war, he wouldn't have been so happy...so eager to send other people into war.
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There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.
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It wasn't until I'd turned 50 and had been in the business 25 years that I realized I might actually have a career as an actor.
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I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.
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I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.
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I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor.
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There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target.
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I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.
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An hour series is a killer. It's hard on you physically.
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In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.
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Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president.
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My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.
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Even my stuntman is old.
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The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.