James Caan Quotes

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.

James Caan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1940

Topics

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It must be horrible to do things that you don't like hoping to please other people, and they don't like it either, and you've got to eat it.

Melvin Van Peebles

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I used comedy to deflect a lot of situations; if you make someone laugh, they don't want to punch you in the face.

Mel Rodriguez

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One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.

Robert Baden-Powell

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I struggle because I love food and sometimes I can't stop eating.

Lucy Davis

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I wrote '33 Men' in eight weeks. Not only was it a combination of simultaneously writing and interviewing, but as I dug deeper into the miners' story, I found the key to their success was the ability to place their individuality on the back burner and bring forward the sense of a collective group responsibility.

Jonathan Franklin

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Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am to win more medals.

Diego Costa

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As much as we love playing the small clubs, we'd really like to get ourselves in front of a larger audience. I'm not talking about arenas or anything, but nice theaters and larger clubs.

Chris Frantz

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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

Chinua Achebe

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I'm working on my final ball, my precision in front of goal, my one-on-one attacking ability, just new ways to beat defenders and help my team.

Christian Pulisic

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The places I've worked in the past, I always stayed three years and moved on.

Craig Kilborn

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From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks. I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend.

Brian Dennehy

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Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

William James

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