New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level, which means that holes dug in the ground immediately fill with water. Coffins were punctured and sunk with weights, which didn't stop them from floating up out of the cemeteries and down… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
Learn your lines… plant your feet… look the other actor in the eye… say the words… mean them. — James Cagney Copy Share Image
“Where once was a vertebrae is now a tangle, from constant kissing at an awkward angle.” — James Cagney Copy Share Image
Where I come from, if there's a buck to be made, you don't ask questions, you go ahead and make it. — James Cagney Copy Share Image
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… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
I never had the slightest difficulty with a fellow actor. Not until One, Two, Three. In that picture, Horst Buchholz tried all sorts of… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
I never actually said, 'Nnng-you dirty ra-at!' What I actually said was 'Judy! Judy! Judy!' — James Cagney Copy Share Image
“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… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
Find your mark, look the other fellow in the eye, and tell the truth. — James Cagney Copy Share Image
My biggest concern is that doing a rough-and-tumble scene I might hurt someone accidentally. — James Cagney Copy Share Image
New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level, which means that holes dug in the ground immediately fill with water. Coffins were punctured and… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
