James Earl Jones Quotes

James Earl Jones Quotes & Sayings

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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones. — Nancy McKeon

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

Oh, people will come, Ray," Phillip intones, doing his best James Earl Jones. "People will most definitely come. — Jonathan Tropper

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

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

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

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

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

Listening back to your speaking voice for the first time, unless you're James Earl Jones, it's a quite distressing process for most people. — Philip Selway

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

The last thing I want to be is a rich black superstar. I just want to act. — James Earl Jones

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

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

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

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

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

We children learned responsibility automatically. — James Earl Jones

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy. — James Earl Jones

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

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

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

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

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

Thank God that I am not over 75 so that James Earl Jones knows who the hell I am. — Linda Lavin

Actors never discuss future plans. — James Earl Jones

The opportunity to carry water every night to James Earl Jones on stage is a dream come true. — John Larroquette

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

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

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

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

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

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

I found my voice in books ... — James Earl Jones

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

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

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

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

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