James Cagney Quotes

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle. - James Cagney

You dirty, double-crossing rat. - James Cagney

With me, a career was the simple matter of putting groceries on the table. - James Cagney

Where I come from, if there's a buck to be made, you don't ask questions, you go ahead and make it. - James Cagney

When I was younger, if someone had told me I had only two years to live, I'd have gone to an island that was really country--and just rocked it out by myself. But if someone told me the same thing today, I believe I'd probably travel...just to get away from all the noise and nonsense we are surrounded with. - James Cagney

Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on. - James Cagney

They need you. Without you, they have an empty screen. So, when you get on there, just do what you think is right and stick with it. - James Cagney

There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say. - James Cagney

The lovers of hate, born in fear. Find no release from tension. They spend their lives in a permanent state - Of miserable apprehension. - James Cagney

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