Quotes of James Caan - somelinesforyou

“ The most talented people are always the nicest. ”

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

“ I'll bump into a guy in a bar, and he'll say, I'm sorry, Sonny! It's surreal. ”

- James Caan

“ I'll bump into a guy in a bar, and he'll say, I'm sorry, Sonny! It's surreal. ”

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

“ 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? ”

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

“ I had great, great times as a Little League coach. People were talking about me quitting acting, and they would say, What about your creative juices? Coaching is creative, because you could take a kid who thought he wasn't any good and, within four minutes, change his mind… ”

- James Caan

“ How good a Little League coach was I? I was a little hyper. One thing I learned was that talent comes from everywhere; it doesn't have to come just from the ghetto. But in Beverly Hills, because Daddy has a grocery store, the kids lack a lot of try. ”

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

“ I had great, great times as a Little League coach. People were talking about me quitting acting, and they would say, What about your creative juices? Coaching is creative, because you could take a kid who thought he wasn't any good and, within four minutes, change his mind… ”

- James Caan

“ 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? ”

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

“ 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? ”

- James Caan

“ 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? ”

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

“ 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. ”

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

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

- James Caan

“ 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… ”

- James Caan
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