95 Quotes by James Caan

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

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.

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. And I didn't have to wait six months for them to put music to it.

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

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

Observe the masses and do the opposite

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.

The heroism of the role, ... was playing up the vulnerability of the role, and that was all Jimmy.

Observe the masses and do the opposite.