Quotes by James Caan

• 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 never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.
• I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.
• I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.
• Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.
• You have to be very careful when you let someone win.
• What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference.
• To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
• There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.
• 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.
• There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.
• One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?
• My least favorite phrase in the English language is "I don't care."
• It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.
• It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.
• I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.
• I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.
• 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.