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James Caan [1940-0] American

Rank: 103
Actor

James Edmund Caan is an American actor. After early roles in The Glory Guys and El Dorado, he came to prominence in the 1970s with significant roles in films such as Brian's Song, The Gambler, Funny Lady, and A Bridge Too Far.

Beauty, Dad, Death, Religion

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I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.		101
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 over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?		102
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.		103
I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about.	Religion	104
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 be the sniffing.	Beauty	105
My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'		106
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 loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.	Dad	107
No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.	Death	108
I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.		109
I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.		110
To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.		111
You have to be very careful when you let someone win.		112
I never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.		113
I play a guy who believes he's a king. He's the most common man in the world; in fact his family, like his suits, are just make-up. It's about dysfunctional people and dysfunctional relationships.		114
You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.		115
There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.		116
I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.		117
People are always backing up when I'm just going to shake their hands.		118
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 and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!		119
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 to win and lose. There's a thousand kids outside, you know who to push and who not to push. There's a sixth sense you develop just because it's New York.		120
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 be a rapper.		121
I have nothing against these big CGI movies, but there are not enough of the other ones - the ones with stories about character that have a beginning, a middle and an end. I said that to a couple of studio heads and they said, 'That's novel.'		122
I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses who get to approve directors. Because once you make that choice, it's my belief that the director's boss.		123
Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.		124
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. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.		125
It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.		126
There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.		201
Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.		202
What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference.		203
I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.		204
I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.		205
People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them.		206
There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.		207
Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I don't know how anyone can find fault with that.		208
What I do quite honestly and seriously and not in any way being humble is not as important as what the garbage collector does. People make actors important.		209
I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.		210
Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.		211
Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.		212
My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'		213
I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest.		214
I'm an ultra-conservative.		215
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 I was calf-roping, there was something about the dirt that made me feel clean.		216
I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers.		217
People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.		218
I loved 'Funny Lady' for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me - it's always, 'Punch this guy.'		219

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