James Garner

I'm an actor; I hire out.

I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.

I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.

There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.

I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to.

I never finished the ninth grade.

Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.

I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take himself too seriously, and shouldn't try to make acting something it isn't.

I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor.

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

I've been on the wrong end of violence, and I've done violence myself... I refuse to glorify violence in my movie and television roles.

When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get.

I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape.

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

It wasn't until I'd turned 50 and had been in the business 25 years that I realized I might actually have a career as an actor.

Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of problems.

I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.