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James Caan
American
Actor
Born:
Mar 26
,
1940
Always
Important
Me
People
Son
You
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I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about.
James Caan
Religion
Important
Whatever
Believe
Think
See
Pretty
About
Whether
Us
Much
Really
Your
Santa
Santa Claus
Things
I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.
James Caan
Having
More
Instead
Sure
Surgery
Which
Shoulder
Painful
Here
Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all.
James Caan
Day
Every Day
Every
Enough
Guys
Lot
Up
Show
Who
Showing
Showing Up
I never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.
James Caan
Stupid
Never
Bull
Rode
It's always more interesting to play the villain.
James Caan
More
Always
Interesting
Villain
Play
I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.
James Caan
Me
Son
Will
Mistakes
Every
Other
Saw
Hopefully
Minute
Point
Never
He
Sons
Cry
Make
Him
Scott
Than
Loved
Less
Dad
Dads
Consequently
To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
James Caan
Live
Divorce
Over
Got
Get
While
Mansion
Prescription
Playboy
No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.
James Caan
Death
You
Matter
Achieve
Heights
Slide
Sure
Coming
Brad
Brad Pitt
Death And Taxes
Pitt
Taxes
Even
The most talented people that I've met in this business are always the nicest.
James Caan
Business
People
Met
Talented
Talented People
Most
Always
Nicest
It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.
James Caan
Me
About
Charming
Real
Mob
Very
Movie
Stretch
I play a guy who believes he's a king. He's the most common man in the world; in fact his family, like his suits, are just make-up. It's about dysfunctional people and dysfunctional relationships.
James Caan
Family
Man
People
World
Suits
King
Relationships
About
Guy
Fact
He
Like
Most
His
Just
Common
In Fact
Common Man
Dysfunctional
Who
Believes
Play
There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.
James Caan
Work
Me
Money
Important
Big
Way
Having
Had
Between
Learn
Because
Got
Big Difference
Very
Difference
Wanting
Hard
Hard Way
Now
Some guys say beauty is only skin deep. But when you walk into a party, you don't see somebody's brain. The initial contact has to be the sniffing.
James Caan
You
Walk
Somebody
Beauty
Party
Skin
Say
See
Some
Guys
Only
Contact
Brain
Deep
Initial
What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference.
James Caan
Love
Sex
Kids
Between
Know
Wives
Five
Difference
Apparently
Four
There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.
James Caan
You
Too
Back
Clap
Guys
Lot
Just
Little
Hollywood
Hard
Who
I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.
James Caan
Myself
Thought
Athlete
Some
Until
Couple
Couple Years
Sort
Always
Years
Years Ago
Golf
Started
Playing
I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.
James Caan
Work
Me
Single
Way
Out
Bad
Critics
Never
Doing
Been
Lucky
People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them.
James Caan
Time
People
Brilliant
First
Picture
Directors
Make
Terrified
Because
Around
First Time
Wonder
Listen
Experts
Little
Them
Then
Suck
Why
Second
Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I don't know how anyone can find fault with that.
James Caan
Life
Best
Family
Son
World
Fault
My Life
Find
Know
Sure
How
Friends
Want
Anyone
Actor
I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.
James Caan
Once
Him
Caught
Quit
Going
Shrink
I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.
James Caan
Work
Son
Passion
Negative
Lost
Else
Statement
Something
Something Else
Had
Him
Up
Just
Bigger
Growing
Growing Up
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!
James Caan
Remember
Old
Believe
Otherwise
Hey
Out
Table
Something
Similarly
No Reason
Couch
Drinks
Make
Tie
Bed
Were
Queens
Years
Existence
Up
Shirt
Get
Movie
Theater
Theaters
Movie Theaters
Wore
Gonna
Your
Reason
Growing
Keep
Event
Growing Up
My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'
James Caan
God
Me
Before
Say
Give
Give Me
Look
Camera
Up
Rolls
Just
Break
Acting
Technique
My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.
James Caan
Great
Rapper
Thought
Made
Kid
Had
He
Yankee
Yankee Stadium
Sixteen
Stadium
Wanted
Turned
Then
Baseball
Baseball Player
Seats
Player
I have nothing against these big CGI movies, but there are not enough of the other ones - the ones with stories about character that have a beginning, a middle and an end. I said that to a couple of studio heads and they said, 'That's novel.'
James Caan
Character
Big
Beginning
Nothing
Other
Enough
About
Studio
Heads
Couple
Said
End
Middle
Stories
Against
Movies
Novel
I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers.
James Caan
Work
Best
Directors
Very
Fortunate
Actor
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