95 Quotes by James Caan

The most talented people are always the nicest.

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

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?

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.

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

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 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.

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

I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about.