Actor Quotes by James Earl Jones

10 Actor quotes by James Earl Jones

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James Earl Jones shares ten succinct thoughts on the actor’s journey. His seasoned voice comes through clearly, offering a compact look at the principles that guide his work.

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So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

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I consider myself a novice film actor.

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No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

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I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

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Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

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I think self-criticism is sort of a given when you're an actor. It's also about being curious and not being flippant. Anyone…

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So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting.…

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You cannot be an actor like I am and not have been in some of the worst movies like I have. But…

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When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied…

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I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going…

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There is a very fine line between love and nausea.

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No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

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You weren't going to the theatre to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings…

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In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.

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And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of…

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I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going well, and…

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Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

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I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.

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