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 know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know. — 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
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
I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other. — James Earl Jones Copy Share
No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement. — James Earl Jones Copy Share
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
People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually. — James Earl Jones Copy Share
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
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
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
I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well. — James Earl Jones Copy Share
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. — James Earl Jones Copy Share
Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it. — James Earl Jones Copy Share
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… — James Earl Jones Copy Share
