James Garner
James Garner
James Garnerwas an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than 5 decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escapewith Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily, Grand Prix, Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria, Murphy's Romance, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 April 1928
CityNorman, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.
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.
These are the nicest people. From the producers and writers on down. The actors are just wonderful. ...They take care of the old man.
I've always wanted to work with Gena because she's such a wonderful actress. She's one of the elite in this business.
At the beginning of the meeting it looked like Scribner Place was dead,
We feel like they're going to get a good product with AARP,
There's not any profitability there, ... Those two stores were probably not going to come back to profitability. In small business, you can't gain that business back.
I think my attitude has always been to put food on the table.
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.
I have a tough enough time running my own house -- and my wife does that anyway.
We cannot keep that department if it continues to run in the red,
We basically each had our own opinion about what they bid,
It was a marvelous script. ... It's a beautifully framed movie, it's beautifully cast and wonderfully acted.
I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.