James Earl Jones Quotes

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
American Actor
Born: Jan 17, 1931
Actor Being Me People Think You
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The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose. James Earl Jones
People World Win Will Otherwise Criminals Carry Citizens Guns Law-Abiding Law-Abiding Citizens Also Because Loose Decent Decent People Should Filled Violence
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. James Earl Jones
Life You Heart Words Having Your Hardest Utter Things
Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it. James Earl Jones
Important Very Human Being Being Human Cut Whisper Aspect Speech
So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know? James Earl Jones
You School Thought College Girl Enjoy Too Drama Drama School Would Determined Something Over Know Because Doing Years Which Acting Use Last Two
When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language. James Earl Jones
Great Thoughts Language Mind Feelings Drama Ability Great Literature Through Share Feel Read Greater Than Human Achieved Anything Literature Human Mind Sermons Speeches
The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was. James Earl Jones
Millionaire Find About Something Knew Goal Where Hollywood Hollywood Star Star
It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children. James Earl Jones
Family You People Problems Important Think Society Enough Fathers Be Real Both Know Because Mothers Real Lot Children Acknowledge Who Present
I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas. James Earl Jones
Balance Farm Think Kid Those Rural Rural Areas Mental Area Because Isolated Any Being Which Extent Raised
There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond. James Earl Jones
Enough Magic Instant Forge Bond
When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound. James Earl Jones
Good You Word Become Mute One-Way Written Written Word Sound Listener Appreciate
Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter. James Earl Jones
Me School Try Sunday Laughter Sunday School Read Stuttering Were Falling Behind Children Painful Lessons Floor
Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers. James Earl Jones
Big Reading Books Out Stick Were Yes Big Thing Newspapers Thing Things
In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia. James Earl Jones
You Fruit Better Rare Country Citrus Wintertime Got Than Snow
You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world. James Earl Jones
You Change World Feelings Thinking Change The World Had Were Affect Going Theater Chance
You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him. James Earl Jones
Truth You Church Singing Tell Tried Disturbing Supper Road Idea Know Him Very Being Act Sang Your
When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that. James Earl Jones
History Army Dance Classes Wing Studied New Involved Fencing Years Left American York New York After Which Theater Acting Two Speech
We children learned responsibility automatically. James Earl Jones
Responsibility Learned Children Automatically
The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet. James Earl Jones
Health Important Nation Important Ingredient Always Gotten Been Arts Ingredient
So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department. James Earl Jones
Year Drama Junior Junior Year Department Switched
No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement. James Earl Jones
Me Entitlement No-One Owed Asked Actor
My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college. James Earl Jones
Family College Uncle First Our Randy Members Entire Go Were Youngest Ever
My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being. James Earl Jones
Life Me Human Being My Life Other Dramatic Back Ability Direction Had Most She Because Go Effect Human Being Social Grandmother Sanity Set
I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going well, and I considered some time before the mid-60s that maybe I should consider something else. James Earl Jones
Time Myself Job Before Else Consider Considered Some Something Something Else Well Got Going Maybe Theater Little Should Preparing Here
I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know. James Earl Jones
Gratitude You Parents Would Adopted Know Mess Because How Been Child Grandparents Express Ever
I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other. James Earl Jones
Life My Life Think Other One Thing Through Lot Really Thing
I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time. James Earl Jones
Time History See Point Point Of View Knowing Without Historical Middle The History Of Being Happened Which Theater Land View Explosive Now
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