James Caan Quotes

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.

Success is the result of clear goal, unshakable confidence, proper planning, enthusiastic ACTION and consistent persistence.

Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'

Observe the masses and do the opposite

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.

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.

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.

There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

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.

I never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.

It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.

My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.

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.

I'll see a beautiful girl walking up to me and I'll think, Oh, my God, I can't believe my good luck. But then she'll say, 'Where's your son?' or 'My mother loves you'.

You have to be very careful when you let someone win.

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.

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.

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.

Someone's always saying, "It's not whether you win or lose," but if you feel that way, you're as good as dead.

The most talented people are always the nicest.

People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.

I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest.

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.

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.

There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.

I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.

I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.

Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.

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.

People are always backing up when I'm just going to shake their hands.

I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.

Someone's always saying "It's not whether you win or lose " but if you feel that way you're as good as dead.