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> [I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/i-knew-real-show-business-from-my-father-who-had-been-an-actor-since/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

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## More by James Earl Jones

> [You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/you-sang-in-church-you-know-and-you-didn-t-act-at-all-you-tried-not/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/even-during-the-rationing-period-during-world-war-ii-we-didn-t-have/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/i-really-think-i-ambled-through-a-lot-of-my-life-or-ambled-from-one/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [There is a very fine line between love and nausea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/there-is-a-very-fine-line-between-love-and-nausea/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/no-one-asked-me-to-be-an-actor-so-no-one-owed-me-there-was-no/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/you-weren-t-going-to-the-theatre-to-change-the-world-but-you-had-a/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/people-who-lusted-after-marilyn-monroe-had-no-idea-she-stuttered-it/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/in-our-resolve-to-build-a-better-world-we-seek-to-summon-what-abraham/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/and-nothing-embittered-me-which-is-important-because-i-think-ethnic/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/i-was-preparing-myself-for-the-theater-and-i-got-a-little-job-here/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/your-own-need-to-be-shines-out-of-any-dream-or-creation-you-imagine/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/i-love-doing-commercials-usually-they-have-enough-money-that-they-can/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/stuttering-is-painful-in-sunday-school-i-d-try-to-read-my-lessons-and/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/speech-is-a-very-important-aspect-of-being-human-a-whisper-doesn-t/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. You best make sure that they are doing right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/don-t-you-try-and-go-through-life-worried-if-someone-had-liked-you-or/)

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