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I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes. -- James Garner
You can never have too many friends. -- James Garner
Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist. -- 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. -- James Garner
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. -- James Garner
I think my attitude has always been to put food on the table. -- James Garner
The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office. -- James Garner
There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target. -- James Garner
Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president. -- James Garner
I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape. -- James Garner
I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing. -- James Garner
Learning is a gift, even if pain is the teacher -- James Garner
With the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage. -- James Garner
There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old. -- James Garner
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. -- James Garner
I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets. -- James Garner
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. -- James Garner
I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma. -- James Garner
I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take himself too seriously, and shouldn't try to make acting something it isn't. -- James Garner
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 -- James Garner
Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote. -- James Garner
In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California. -- James Garner
I'm a 'bleeding-heart liberal,' one of those card-carrying Democrats that Rush Limbaugh thinks is a communist. And I'm proud of it. -- James Garner
People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon. -- James Garner
I never finished the ninth grade. -- James Garner
When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get. -- James Garner
My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it. -- James Garner
Cause my wife gets up and goes shopping. -- James Garner
An hour series is a killer. It's hard on you physically. -- James Garner
Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of problems. -- James Garner
I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying. -- James Garner
The greatest challenge Internet users face is information overload. -- James Garner
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. -- James Garner
Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified. -- James Garner
When I'm pushed, I shove. -- James Garner
I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen. -- James Garner
Even my stuntman is old. -- James Garner
I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married. -- James Garner
I've been on the wrong end of violence, and I've done violence myself ... I refuse to glorify violence in my movie and television roles. -- James Garner
I'm an actor; I hire out. -- 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. -- James Garner
I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor. -- James Garner
We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is. -- James Garner
I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to. -- James Garner