Quotes of James Cagney - somelinesforyou

“ My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking. ”

- James Cagney

“ Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike. ”

- James Cagney

“ One thing that troubles me is that they say that my portrayals of gangsters and hoodlums led to a tolerance of the criminal element by society. Well, I certainly hope they didn't, because I'm firmly opposed to crime. ”

- James Cagney

“ Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on. ”

- James Cagney

“ One thing that troubles me is that they say that my portrayals of gangsters and hoodlums led to a tolerance of the criminal element by society. Well, I certainly hope they didn't, because I'm firmly opposed to crime. ”

- James Cagney

“ One thing that troubles me is that they say that my portrayals of gangsters and hoodlums led to a tolerance of the criminal element by society. Well, I certainly hope they didn't, because I'm firmly opposed to crime. ”

- James Cagney

“ You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today… ”

- James Cagney

“ I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through. ”

- James Cagney

“ Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse. ”

- James Cagney

“ Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on. ”

- James Cagney

“ Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse. ”

- James Cagney

“ Everything I know I learned in vaudeville. ”

- James Cagney

“ Everything I know I learned in vaudeville. ”

- James Cagney

“ Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike. ”

- James Cagney

“ The 1920s were essentially the time when I learned the business of performing. It was my initiation into the world of show business. ”

- James Cagney

“ I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through. ”

- James Cagney

“ Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse. ”

- James Cagney

“ One thing that troubles me is that they say that my portrayals of gangsters and hoodlums led to a tolerance of the criminal element by society. Well, I certainly hope they didn't, because I'm firmly opposed to crime. ”

- James Cagney

“ One thing that troubles me is that they say that my portrayals of gangsters and hoodlums led to a tolerance of the criminal element by society. Well, I certainly hope they didn't, because I'm firmly opposed to crime. ”

- James Cagney

“ Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on. ”

- James Cagney

“ Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on. ”

- James Cagney

“ Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on. ”

- James Cagney

“ Everything I know I learned in vaudeville. ”

- James Cagney

“ My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking. ”

- James Cagney

“ My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking. ”

- James Cagney

“ I went into show business strictly from hunger. Starvation helps to turn you into a good actor, I guess. ”

- James Cagney

“ Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike. ”

- James Cagney

“ Everything I know I learned in vaudeville. ”

- James Cagney

“ Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on. ”

- James Cagney

“ Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse. ”

- James Cagney
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