Quotes by James Cromwell

James Cromwell

A vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.

Film

Made

Needed

All of them – my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother – were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity.

Father

Inspiration

Mother

Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there’s going to be a problem.

Jamie

Problem

Watches

As a character actor, I’ve learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

Actors

Character

Watches

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

Assumption

Authority

Knows

Barney Miller’ was a lot of fun. I’m very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most – a lot of people on that cast – I really liked.

Casts

Fun

People

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.

Animal

Cat

Thinking

Every day is perfect because there’s no other day! As a friend of mine said, “Ride the horse in the direction it’s going.” When you do that, you realize that every moment, every breath, every sound, every encounter is a gift. You bloody well better enjoy it.

Horse

Perfect

Sound

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

Giving

Skills

Trying

For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It’s not like I had aspirations – well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.

Careers

Jobs

Play

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Actors

Adventure

Animal

Animal Rights

Assumption

Attitude

Authority

Babe

Believe

Car

Care

Careers

Casts

Cat

Character

Children

Cleveland

Clothes

Cooking

Different

Directors

Done

Dying

Environmental Health

Faces

Father

Film

Food

Fun

Girl

Giving

Grace

Hats

Healthy

Hollywood

Horse

Ifs

Impact

Inspiration

Issues

Jamie

Jobs

Jokes

Karma

Keys

Kids

Kind

Knows

Littles

London

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Quotes by James Cromwell

James Cromwell

A vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.

All of them – my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother – were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity.

Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there’s going to be a problem.

As a character actor, I’ve learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

Barney Miller’ was a lot of fun. I’m very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most – a lot of people on that cast – I really liked.

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.

Every day is perfect because there’s no other day! As a friend of mine said, “Ride the horse in the direction it’s going.” When you do that, you realize that every moment, every breath, every sound, every encounter is a gift. You bloody well better enjoy it.

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

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