There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
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… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
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… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
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… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
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… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
