All James Cagney Quotes
- Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to… All
- I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of… Approve
- My childhood was surrounded by trouble, illness, and my dad's alcoholism, but as I said, we just didn't have the time to be impressed by… Alcoholism
- I`m sick of carrying guns and beating up women. Beating
- 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 always… Acting
- I never said, 'MMMmmm, you dirty rat! Dirty
- I never had the slightest difficulty with a fellow actor. Not until One, Two, Three. In that picture, Horst Buchholz tried all sorts of scene-stealing… Actor
- You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made… Actor
- You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly… Acting
- Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to… Dance
- Find your mark, look the other fellow in the eye, and tell the truth. Eye
- You dirty, double-crossing rat. Crossing
- Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life. Absorption
- Outside of my family, the prime concern of my life has been nature and its order, and how we have been savagely altering that order. Altering
- Learn your lines… plant your feet… look the other actor in the eye… say the words… mean them. Actor
- My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was… Beautiful
- Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance.… Became
- All I try to do is to realize the man I'm playing fully, then put as much into my acting as I know how. To… Acting
- My biggest concern is that doing a rough-and-tumble scene I might hurt someone accidentally. Accidentally
- In this business you need enthusiasm. I don't have enthusiasm for acting anymore. Acting is not the beginning and end of everything. Acting
- They need you. Without you, they have an empty screen. So, when you get on there, just do what you think is right and stick… Empty
- Where I come from, if there's a buck to be made, you don't ask questions, you go ahead and make it. Ahead
- With me, a career was the simple matter of putting groceries on the table. Career
- 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 William… Able
- You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made… Actor