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.
James GarnerWhen 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 GarnerWith the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage.
James GarnerI 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 GarnerI did a little bit of cocaine in the Eighties, courtesy of John Belushi, but fortunately I didnโt like it. But I smoked marijuana for 50 years and I donโt know where Iโd be without it. It opened my mind and now it eases my arthritis. After decades of research Iโve concluded that marijuana should be legal and alcohol illegal.
James Garner