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James Earl Jones quotes: Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

James Earl Jones quotes: 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.

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 quotes: No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

James Earl Jones quotes: I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

James Earl Jones quotes: More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.

James Earl Jones quotes: I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

James Earl Jones quotes: In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.

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 quotes: The last thing I want to be is a rich black superstar. I just want to act.

The last thing I want to be is a rich black superstar. I just want to act.

James Earl Jones quotes: There's nothing I would retire for, so I won't retire.

There's nothing I would retire for, so I won't retire.

James Earl Jones quotes: In our resolve to build a better world ... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.

In our resolve to build a better world ... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.

James Earl Jones quotes: I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.

James Earl Jones quotes: Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you know, I loved you then, I guess I always will.

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you know, I loved you then, I guess I always will.

James Earl Jones quotes: Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

James Earl Jones quotes: Actors never discuss future plans.

Actors never discuss future plans.

James Earl Jones quotes: Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.

James Earl Jones quotes: Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

James Earl Jones quotes: I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.

James Earl Jones quotes: The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.

James Earl Jones quotes: So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

James Earl Jones quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

James Earl Jones quotes: I agree with my father, Albert Einstein, don't believe every quote you read on the internet.

I agree with my father, Albert Einstein, don't believe every quote you read on the internet.

James Earl Jones quotes: My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.

James Earl Jones quotes: I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.

I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.

James Earl Jones quotes: I found my voice in books ...

I found my voice in books ...

James Earl Jones quotes: Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.

James Earl Jones quotes: We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

James Earl Jones quotes: We used to be "shiftless and lazy," now we're "fearsome and awesome." I think the black man should take pride in that.

We used to be "shiftless and lazy," now we're "fearsome and awesome." I think the black man should take pride in that.

James Earl Jones quotes: I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.

I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.

James Earl Jones quotes: If you expect someone else to guide you, you'll be lost.

If you expect someone else to guide you, you'll be lost.

James Earl Jones quotes: Don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. You best make sure that they are doing right by you.

Don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. You best make sure that they are doing right by you.

James Earl Jones quotes: You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

James Earl Jones quotes: There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

James Earl Jones quotes: Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

James Earl Jones quotes: There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

James Earl Jones quotes: Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.

James Earl Jones quotes: When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound.

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 quotes: One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

James Earl Jones quotes: People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually.

People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually.

James Earl Jones quotes: I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.