95 Quotes by 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.

I loved 'Funny Lady' for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me - it's always, 'Punch this guy.'

When I played three-on-three with twenty-year-olds when I was fifty, I didn't care if the guy was six eight - I threw the elbow.

Joseph Russo is a dear friend of mine and I cannot express enough how pleased I am that your office has taken interest and is in pursuit of correcting this problem.

I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers.

Will is extremely funny. The tights, though, they were a little vulgar. I just looked at the tights and there's nothing funny about them!

It was surprising for a picture called Elf. It was actually edgy. I think the nice thing about the film is that my mother laughed, my kids laughed, my friends laughed, and usually when they call something a family movie, I think, "uh-oh! I'll have to suffer through it.

I had my first puff on a joint when I was twenty-four and a half, and I was petrified. I thought I was gonna see elephants.

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