James Caan quotes

Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.

How good a Little League coach was I? I was a little hyper. One thing I learned was that talent comes from everywhere; it doesn't have to come just from the ghetto. But in Beverly Hills, because Daddy has a grocery store, the kids lack a lot of try.

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.

I didn't turn the script down. It was the title. It didn't sound... right. From The Godfather to Elf? My agents told me: "We're sending you a script called Elf", and I said: "No you're not!"

I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.

I had great, great times as a Little League coach. People were talking about me quitting acting, and they would say, "What about your creative juices?" Coaching is creative, because you could take a kid who thought he wasn't any good and, within four minutes, change his mind. And I didn't have to wait six months for them to put music to it.

I had my first puff on a joint when I was twenty-four and a half, and I was petrified. I thought I was gonna see elephants.

I never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.

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.

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.

I'll bump into a guy in a bar, and he'll say, "I'm sorry, Sonny!" It's surreal.

I'll see a beautiful girl walking up to me and I'll think, Oh, my God, I can't believe my good luck. But then she'll say, "Where's your son?" or "My mother loves you."

I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.

I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with cowboys, I started rodeoing. When I was calf-roping, there was something about the dirt that made me feel clean.