81 Quotes by James Garner

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    Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist.

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    You put on a face for the public. The face isn't false; it's just another side of you. If it were false, you couldn't last. People want something real and natural, and if they catch you acting, you're dead. It has to look real. In order to look real, it has to be real, and I've always thought of the characters I've played as real people.

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    There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified. In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California. Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president. I was a vice president of the Screen Actors Guild when he was its president. My duties consisted of attending meetings and voting. The only thing I remember is that Ronnie never had an original thought and that we had to tell him what to say. That's no way to run a union, let along a state or a country.

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    I smoked marijuana for 50 yearsIt opened my mind to a lot of things, and now its active ingredient, THC, relaxes me and eases my arthritis pain. I've concluded that marijuana should be legal

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    I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to.

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    I don't like to watch me on the screen. I don't think I'm very good. I just don't have a lot of confidence in me, I guess. I've probably seen about a fourth of the things I've done ... I cringe when I see it. I might be a little picky.

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