James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences
A source page for quotes linked to James Earl Jones.
“The last thing I want to be is a rich black superstar. I just want to act.”
“I agree with my father, Albert Einstein, don't believe every quote you read on the internet.”
“No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.”
“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.”
“More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.”
“I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.”
“I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.”
“Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.”
“I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.”
“I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?”
“I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.”
“My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.”
“Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.”
“Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.”
“There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.”