81 Quotes by James Garner

I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.

Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that's what I want to do films about. I don't want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don't want to do one of those. I don't understand it.

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.

When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing.

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target.

Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president.

I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.