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> [I never actually said, 'Nnng-you dirty ra-at!' What I actually said was 'Judy! Judy! Judy!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/i-never-actually-said-nnng-you-dirty-ra-at-what-i-actually-said-was/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

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## More by James Cagney

> [“Where once was a vertebrae is now a tangle, from constant kissing at an awkward angle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/where-once-was-a-vertebrae-is-now-a-tangle-from-constant-kissing-at/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [Where I come from, if there's a buck to be made, you don't ask questions, you go ahead and make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/where-i-come-from-if-there-s-a-buck-to-be-made-you-don-t-ask/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/there-s-not-much-to-say-about-acting-but-this-never-settle-back-on/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/absorption-in-things-other-than-self-is-the-secret-of-a-happy-life/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [I never had the slightest difficulty with a fellow actor. Not until One, Two, Three. In that picture, Horst Buchholz tried all sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/i-never-had-the-slightest-difficulty-with-a-fellow-actor-not-until/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/once-a-song-and-dance-man-always-a-song-and-dance-man-those-few-words/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [I never actually said, 'Nnng-you dirty ra-at!' What I actually said was 'Judy! Judy! Judy!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/i-never-actually-said-nnng-you-dirty-ra-at-what-i-actually-said-was/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [“I hate the word superstar". I have never been able to think in those terms. They are overstatements. You don't hear them speak of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/i-hate-the-word-superstar-i-have-never-been-able-to-think-in-those/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [Find your mark, look the other fellow in the eye, and tell the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/find-your-mark-look-the-other-fellow-in-the-eye-and-tell-the-truth/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [My biggest concern is that doing a rough-and-tumble scene I might hurt someone accidentally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/my-biggest-concern-is-that-doing-a-rough-and-tumble-scene-i-might/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [You dirty, double-crossing rat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/you-dirty-double-crossing-rat/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level, which means that holes dug in the ground immediately fill with water. Coffins were punctured and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/new-orleans-is-5-feet-below-sea-level-which-means-that-holes-dug-in/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [I'm sick of carrying guns and beating up women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/i-m-sick-of-carrying-guns-and-beating-up-women/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/though-i-soon-became-typecast-in-hollywood-as-a-gangster-and-hoodlum/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

> [Learn your lines, find your mark, look 'em in the eye and tell 'em the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cagney/learn-your-lines-find-your-mark-look-em-in-the-eye-and-tell-em-the/)

[James Cagney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cagney/)

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