James Garner
James Garner
James Garnerwas an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than 5 decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escapewith Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily, Grand Prix, Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria, Murphy's Romance, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 April 1928
CityNorman, OK
CountryUnited States of America
When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing.
Learning is a gift, even if pain is the teacher
Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.
Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist.
I'm a 'bleeding-heart liberal,' one of those card-carrying Democrats that Rush Limbaugh thinks is a communist. And I'm proud of it.
With the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage.
I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.
The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.
The greatest challenge Internet users face is information overload.
You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor.
Cause my wife gets up and goes shopping.
We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is.
I don't want to know what's good, or bad, or true. I let God worry about the truth. I just want to know the momentary fact about things. Life isn't good, or bad, or true. It's merely factual, it's sensual, it's alive. My idea of living sensual facts are you, a home, a country, a world, a universe, in that order.