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In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

- James Garner

Schwarzenegger, Qualified

Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president.

- James Garner

Alone, Reagan, Governor, Qualified

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

- James Garner

Living, Nothing, Need, Qualified

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

- James Garner

Office, Run, Them, Qualified

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.

- James Garner

Doing, Feel, About, Clue

I've been on the wrong end of violence, and I've done violence myself... I refuse to glorify violence in my movie and television roles.

- James Garner

Television, Movie, Been, Glorify

When I'm pushed, I shove.

- James Garner

Pushed, Shove

People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.

- James Garner

Nature, Think, Old, Easy-Going

I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.

- James Garner

Work, Work Hard, See, Easy-Going

I never finished the ninth grade.

- James Garner

Never, Grade, Finished, Ninth

I think my attitude has always been to put food on the table.

- James Garner

Think, Always, Been, Table

Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.

- James Garner

Sense, Wrote, Put, Common Sense

I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape.

- James Garner

Every Day, Shape, Very, Good Shape

I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.

- James Garner

Through, Next, Very, Apart

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

- James Garner

Goal, Always, Been, Longevity

I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.

- James Garner

Doing, Never, Actor, Stuck

I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor.

- James Garner

Actor, Methodist

Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that's what I want to do films about. I don't want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don't want to do one of those. I don't understand it.

- James Garner

Like, Everybody, Films, Now And Then

I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma.

- James Garner

Growing Up, Growing, Kid, Oklahoma

An hour series is a killer. It's hard on you physically.

- James Garner

Hour, Physically, Series, Killer

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

- James Garner

Reason, Parking, Actor, Producer

I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.

- James Garner

Work, Lot, Laying, Easier

There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target.

- James Garner

Lot, Rear, Wound, Error

The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists.

- James Garner

Gun, Always, Fists, Jim

I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to.

- James Garner

House, Like, Get, Crowds

I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.

- James Garner

Wife, Over, Flipped, Married

I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.

- James Garner

Studying, Most, My Time, Pool

I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take himself too seriously, and shouldn't try to make acting something it isn't.

- James Garner

Think, About, Any, Seriously

When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get.

- James Garner

Best, People, Say, Compliment

I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes.

- James Garner

Think, See, I Think, Larceny

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