Latest James Cromwell Quotes from Interviews

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• Every day is perfect because there's no other day! As a friend of mine said, "Ride the horse in the direction it's going." When you do that, you realize that every moment, every breath, every sound, every encounter is a gift. You bloody well better enjoy it.

  James Cromwell

  Horse, Perfect, Sound

  "The Construction Of James Cromwell". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 12, 2013.

• For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations - well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.

  James Cromwell

  Jobs, Play, Careers

  "The Construction of James Cromwell". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 12, 2013.

• I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose. I'm gangly. I've got crooked teeth. That's certainly not Brad Pitt. I'm still around and alive, so if they need older guys, I guess they're thinking of me.

  James Cromwell

  Character, Men, Thinking

  "The Construction Of James Cromwell". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 12, 2013.

• I don't look like a leading man, whatever they look like. It's changing a little.

  James Cromwell

  Men, Looks, Littles

  "The Construction Of James Cromwell". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 12, 2013.

• The person is a mystery. What I'm playing is the person so I really get to tell you and show you and communicate to you who I think the real person is and that real person is me. The most important thing is to play the human being you are creating, which is my job.

  James Cromwell

  Jobs, Real, Thinking

• Once a film is shot, the thing that mostly happens is that I go see all the things I would have fixed in my performance and sometimes, very rarely, I see a moment that surprise me and I go, "Oh, that's not bad. That was nice."

  James Cromwell

  Nice, Surprise, Film

• As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

  James Cromwell

  Character, Actors, Watches

• First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

  James Cromwell

  Skills, Giving, Trying

• I prefer to have playback, but sometimes, you can't have that under most circumstances. First, it is expensive because you need a playback operator and secondly, it threatens a lot of directors. I only watch my performance. I see what is necessary for me so that I can see it right at the moment and I can fix it. That appeals to me a great deal.

  James Cromwell

  Directors, Watches, Needs

• Usually, I'm the kind of actor where you show me once or twice, I can do it. I don't do it creatively, but I know how to do the process.

  James Cromwell

  Actors, Kind, Process

• My friends joke because I will take my clothes off, at the drop of a hat.

  James Cromwell

  Clothes, Hats, Jokes

  "James Cromwell Talks STILL MINE, Playing a Lead Role, Questioning Authority, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2013.

• What happens when you're naked is that people get that you're really just a human being. There are parts of it that are pretty appalling, and there are parts that are okay. That's what it looks like. If you can embrace and accept what people look like in the altogether, it's not so difficult to accept them with their clothes on.

  James Cromwell

  Clothes, People, Naked

  "James Cromwell Talks STILL MINE, Playing a Lead Role, Questioning Authority, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2013.

• There are reasons to have rules and regulations. That I understand. Authority is a different thing. Authority is to maintain its own position by increasing its power and domination over those people it is supposedly protecting.

  James Cromwell

  People, Regulation, Different

  "James Cromwell Talks STILL MINE, Playing a Lead Role, Questioning Authority, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2013.

• Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

  James Cromwell

  Assumption, Authority, Knows

  "James Cromwell Talks STILL MINE, Playing a Lead Role, Questioning Authority, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2013.

• Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively.

  James Cromwell

  Running, Thinking, Way

  "James Cromwell Talks STILL MINE, Playing a Lead Role, Questioning Authority, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2013.