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.
Category Archive: James Garner
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.
I never finished the ninth grade.
Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that’s what I want to do films about. I don’t want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don’t want to do one of those. I don’t understand it.
An hour series is a killer. It’s hard on you physically.
When I started working, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing.
I’m working out every day. I’m in very good shape.
You can never have too many friends.
I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.