James Stewart Quotes

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• Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished…
• Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I…
• My dogs have never been good at things like "sit," "stay," or even "come." I think that we've given the tourists a few laughs, especially…
• The truth is that it's just really hard for me to get to sleep without a dog in my bedroom. I once had a dog…
• I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than…
• You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks. Always be yourself.
• Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.
• The difference between "trained OK" and "trained perfectly" doesn't really matter all that much to me. I once did a film with Lassie. When that…
• Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.
• Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.
• After age 70, it's patch, patch, patch.
• I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.
• Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make…
• One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses.
• It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught…
• We had an apartment on west side of Central Park. The rent was very reasonable. We found out later that it belonged to a gangster…
• When it came to kissing, Harlow was the best.
• I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.
• I always watch Dean Martin's show... just to see if he falls down.
• I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites.

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