James Earl Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound.”

“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.”

“People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually.”

“In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.”

“Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.”

“I think stutterers are funny. And I know it's rude and politically incorrect to laugh at stutterers. But I think it is okay because I know why they're funny. They make people nervous. People think, when on earth are they going to get the word out, so they start laughing out of their own nervousness.”

“Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.”

“I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?”

“There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.”

“My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.”