Top 34 Best James Stewart Quotes
#1. I always watch Dean Martin's show ... just to see if he falls down.
James Stewart
#2. I sort of got into Westerns ... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else.
James Stewart
#3. Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey is a slap on the back, and champagne's a heavy mist before my eyes.
James Stewart
#4. Behind Calvary's cross is the throne of heaven.
James Stewart
#5. I have my own rules and adhere to them. The rule is simple but inflexible. A James Stewart picture must have two vital ingredients. It will be clean and it will involve the triumph of the underdog over the bully.
James Stewart
#6. Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.
James Stewart
#7. The adorably rubber-faced Ken James Stewart is jumping ship from the Shaw Festival after five years to play Charlie Brown
Richard Ouzounian
#8. Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.
James Stewart
#10. He could wait while I threw some laundry in. That's right ladies. I do laundry.
K.A. Stewart
#11. It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world ... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit ... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all.
James Stewart
#12. All of this material on key length block size and the number of rounds of encryption may seem dreadfully boring; however, it's important material, so be sure to brush up on it while preparing for the exam.
James M. Stewart
#13. You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.
James Stewart
#14. I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella too.
James Stewart
#15. Having friends around for a pleasant evening is one of life's most cherished joys as far as I am concerned. But when those with me are fellow believers, how much greater that joy is, for we know that it's rekindled, one day in eternity.
James Stewart
#16. The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.
James Stewart
#17. If a western is a good western, it gives you a sense of that world and some of the qualities those men had; their comradeship, loyalty, and physical courage.
James Stewart
#18. James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity.
Brigitte Bardot
#19. It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.
Julie Adams
#20. I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites.
James Stewart
#21. If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.
James Stewart
#23. I think one day youll find that youre the hero youve been looking for.
James Stewart
#24. You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks. Always be yourself.
James Stewart
#26. The greatest all-around American film actor is James Stewart.
David Denby
#27. Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.
James Stewart
#28. The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
Jack Huston
#29. It's much easier, for example, to play a heroin addict and you're withdrawing - you tear the ceiling off - that's much easier than it is to come in and say, 'Hello.' Or, 'I love you'. When you judge it in that way, the heavy isn't as difficult.
James Stewart
#30. Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.
James Stewart
#31. Some people may be more gifted than others, but excellence in writing, as in any art form or craft, involves discipline and practice.
James B. Stewart
#33. The problem of evil is raised more often by spectators of life than the actual combatants. You will hardly ever find that the great sufferers are the great skeptics.
James Stewart
#34. In the days of Gary Cooper, James Stewart etc, film stars personified the better aspects of human nature.
Alexander Walker
