"You put on a face for the public.……" — James Garner
"You put on a face for the public. The face isn't false; it's just another side of you. If it were false, you couldn't last. People want something real and natural, and if they catch you acting, you're dead. It has to look real. In order to look real, it has to be real, and I've always thought of the characters I've played as real people."
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James Garner
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29 Quotes by James Garner
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With the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage.
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I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.
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Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.
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