Caan Speaks

I was fortunate enough to work with this gentleman in CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973). He has quite a sense of humor, and the ladies lined up for trailer visits.

Glenn

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.
James Caan

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

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

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

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

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.
James Caan

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

I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.
James Caan

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.
James Caan

It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.
James Caan

My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.
James Caan

My least favorite phrase in the English language is "I don't care."
James Caan

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?
James Caan

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.
James Caan

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.
James Caan

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.
James Caan

There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.
James Caan

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.
James Caan

There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.
James Caan

To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
James Caan

What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference.
James Caan

Will is extremely funny. The tights, though, they were a little vulgar. I just looked at the tights and there's nothing funny about them!
James Caan

You have to be very careful when you let someone win.
James Caan

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.
James Caan