Top 44 James Garner Quotes
#2. The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.
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#3. I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take himself too seriously, and shouldn't try to make acting something it isn't.
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#4. I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.
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#6. Learning is a gift, even if pain is the teacher
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#7. 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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#8. I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.
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#9. I'm a 'bleeding-heart liberal,' one of those card-carrying Democrats that Rush Limbaugh thinks is a communist. And I'm proud of it.
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#10. I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes.
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#11. I smoked marijuana for 50 yearsIt opened my mind to a lot of things, and now its active ingredient, THC, relaxes me and eases my arthritis pain. I've concluded that marijuana should be legal
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#12. I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.
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#13. I've been on the wrong end of violence, and I've done violence myself ... I refuse to glorify violence in my movie and television roles.
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#15. I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma.
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#16. When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing.
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#18. We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is.
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#19. 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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#20. 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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#21. 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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#22. I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape.
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#23. An hour series is a killer. It's hard on you physically.
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#24. 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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#25. 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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#26. Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president.
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#27. I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.
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#28. There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.
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#30. With the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage.
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#31. 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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#32. My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.
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#34. In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.
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#35. Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist.
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#36. Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of problems.
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#37. I think my attitude has always been to put food on the table.
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#38. I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.
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#39. The greatest challenge Internet users face is information overload.
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#40. There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target.
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#41. Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that's what I want to do films about. I don't want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don't want to do one of those. I don't understand it.
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#42. Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.
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#44. 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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