James Earl Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.”

“The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.”

“I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.”

“Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.”

“Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.”

“Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.”

“I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.”

“There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.”

“You don't build a bond without being present.”

“I love to see actors' work. I love to surf channels late at night and accidentally run into movies I hadn't seen before. It makes me very proud of the profession.”