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People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.

~James Garner

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My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

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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.

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There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target.

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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.

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I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.

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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.

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I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.

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Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

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In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

~James Garner

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: April 7th, 1928

Died: July 19th, 2014

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