81 Quotes by James Garner

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.

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

Too many actors have run for office. There’s one difference between me and them: I know I’m not qualified.

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.

Acting is just common sense. It isn’t hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.

I never finished the ninth grade.

Even my stuntman is old.

When I'm pushed, I shove.

I'm an actor; I hire out.