James Caan Quotes

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• Some guys say beauty is only skin deep. But when you walk into a party, you don't see somebody's brain. The initial contact has to…
• Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all.
• My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'
• You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.
• I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.
• I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.
• I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I…
• It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging.…
• I never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.
• To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
• I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know how…
• One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went…
• I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest.
• I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.
• It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.
• My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'
• My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to…
• No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.
• I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt…
• I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with cowboys, I started rodeoing. When…

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