81 Quotes by James Garner

I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.

People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.

It wasn't until I'd turned 50 and had been in the business 25 years that I realized I might actually have a career as an actor.

The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists.

I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes.

I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape.

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma.