We live in an age of mediocrity. Stars today are not the same stature as Bogie (Humphrey Bogart), James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart (James Stewart).
Lauren Bacall
[on James Cagney] Jimmy Cagney was the most dynamic man who ever appeared on the screen. He should have won five Oscars, he was so fabulous. He stimulated me to such an extent. I must say that I didn`t have to act very much; I just had to react to him bec...
Virginia Mayo
That`s the responsibility of all actors: to keep your character as vibrant as possible. I just live my life and I like my characters to live that life, too. At least Scotty, anyway, because Scotty is the closest to Jimmy Doohan that I`ve ever done.
James Doohan
I`m sure you`ve heard that description, `Jimmy Stewart from Mars.` Yes. Because a part of him is really so sweet and pure and innocent. He`d tell me my take was `Jim-dandy`, or `Doggone it, Sherilyn, that was cool`. His direction is abstract. He doesn`t e...
Sherilyn Fenn
There is a dreadful story that I hate actors. Imagine anyone hating Jimmy Stewart . . . Jack L. Warner. I can`t imagine how such a rumor began. Of course it may possibly be because I was once quoted as saying that actors are cattle. My actor friends know ...
Alfred Hitchcock
[about her relationship with actor James Dean] He wanted me to love him unconditionally, but Jimmy was not able to love someone else in return . . . it was the troubled boy that wanted to be loved very badly. I loved Jimmy as I have loved no one else in m...
Pier Angeli
[about her relationship with actor James Dean] He wanted me to love him unconditionally, but Jimmy was not able to love someone else in return . . . it was the troubled boy that wanted to be loved very badly. I loved Jimmy as I have loved no one else in m...
Pier Angeli
In the `20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the `30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that. `Jimmy Cagney` and Eddie Robinson had voices that were as important as the characters they played. ...
Joan Blondell
I said there was a tall, lanky kid that led 150 airplanes across Berlin. He was an actor, but that day, I said, he was a colonel. Colonel Jimmy Stewart [James Stewart]. So I said, "What is all this crap about Reagan [Ronald Reagan] being an actor?"
John Wayne
It makes some great movies. I mean, some of my favorite films growing up, have been, forgive me, gangster films. I learned how to walk and talk watching Jimmy Cagney. It`s that, it`s the power, it`s the glamour. The mob just has all that mysticism around ...
Tony Sirico
I had real trouble, actually, for a long time, getting people to hire me. My anxiety used to manifest itself in strange ways. I`d go in to read for some innocent, vulnerable character, and the feedback would be, `Well, we met Jimmy...and he scared us.` - ...
James Spader
[on James Cagney] I learned something from Jimmy Cagney -- he taught me quite a lot about acting. Jimmy taught me some things about being honest and not overdoing it. He even affected my work with Brando a little bit. I mean, "Don`t show it, just do it."
Elia Kazan
[on James Cagney] I learned something from Jimmy Cagney -- he taught me quite a lot about acting. Jimmy taught me some things about being honest and not overdoing it. He even affected my work with Brando a little bit. I mean, "Don`t show it, just do it."
Elia Kazan
I always felt Jimmy (Stewart) was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here.
Kim Novak
My real fear playing Ralphie in The Sopranos was that I would be typescast. Luckily, like Jimmy Gandolfini, I was able to get plenty of other work - Bad Boys 2 and Daredevil in particular. But in a way, Ralphie encouraged me to do more, to ensure he didn`...
Joe Pantoliano
I worked with Jimmy DeBello and Vincent Kartheiser, and their real names are the same names they use in the movie. So, when we would all be filming a scene, sometimes they would call me Monica instead of my character`s name and we would have to do the who...
Monica Keena
[on James Dean] Jimmy was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on his sensibility. Once he pulled a switchblade and threatened to murder his director. I imitated his style in ar...
Dennis Hopper
Richard Burton was hitting the bottle with Jimmy Hurt the night before his death. He knew it was going to kill him, but he did not stop. I don`t have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I would have to stop, I`d like to think I w...
Oliver Reed
[in the 1980 campaign]: Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. Recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
Ronald Reagan
I worked with Jimmy DeBello and Vincent Kartheiser, and their real names are the same names they use in the movie. So, when we would all be filming a scene, sometimes they would call me Monica instead of my character`s name, Roseanne. We would have to do ...
Monica Keena
When I came back to California in the early `60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.
Johnny Rivers
This season hasn`t gone the way we hoped, ... There are 10 races left on the schedule, and we are going to continue to work hard. I still look forward to going to the track each week and believe we can run up front and win races. As for this weekend, (Jim...
Casey Mears
We live in an age of mediocrity. Stars today are not the same stature as Bogie (Humphrey Bogart), James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart (James Stewart).
Lauren Bacall
