James Darren

James Darren
James William Ercolani, known by his stage name James Darren, is an Italian-American television and film actor, television director, and singer...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 June 1936
CityPhiladelphia, PA
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One thing I don't do is, I don't listen to Sinatra before I record or before I go out live. Because if I did, I'd have to say, "What am I doing?" I couldn't listen to the greatest singer in the world and try to go out there and sing. I'd be too depressed.
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That era was very special, so to be part of it and to have lived it... people look at me and say, "You're the luckiest guy in the world." And I just have to say, "I know.
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People ask me if I'd like to be a teenager today, I'd have to say, "Not really." I'd never have gotten to meet Frank Sinatra. I wouldn't have ever known Quinn, Gregory Peck, David Niven or Lee Thompson or Carl Foreman or Shelley Winters or Burl Ives. I wouldn't have known those people.
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Back in the Rat Pack days, we'd take Frank's plane and sit dead center, because of Nancy. We'd watch the Rat Pack in the center ring and you couldn't ask for a better thing.
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A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr. - I spent a lot of time with Sammy. I was over at his house almost every night. Those people were very special and very special for me.
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Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things.
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Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.