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The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists.

~James Garner

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The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

~James Garner

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I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor.

~James Garner

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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.

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Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.

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You can never have too many friends.

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I never finished the ninth grade.

~James Garner

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What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

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I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to.

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There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: April 7th, 1928

Died: July 19th, 2014

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