James Belushi Quotes

• Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It's the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss.

  James Belushi

  Rip, Loss, Compassion

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• Heroes aren't born, they're cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero.

  James Belushi

  Hero, Born, Found

  "Real Men Don't Apologize". Book by Jim Belushi, p. 10, 2006.

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• I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film work. I just think the audience is used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live,' and 'K-9,' and 'Curly Sue' and of course, 'According to Jim.' I think that my comedies have been the most popular.

  James Belushi

  Drama, Night, Thinking

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• In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights, leasing, entertainment, intellectual property, forensic accounting, criminal offenses... the list goes on. Now, you have to have a separate lawyer for each one of those categories!

  James Belushi

  Real, House, Intellectual

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• Listen, we all have to agree that there is too much litigation going on in this world. But every year it seems to multiply tenfold. Why can't we stop it? Well, it's because the lawmakers in Congress and the Senate are almost all lawyers, too!

  James Belushi

  Years, World, Too Much

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• I left Chicago many years ago to move to California. You can't help but live a healthy lifestyle here if you want to fit in. I find myself eating chicken and salad and chicken and salad and salad and chicken, like a monk.

  James Belushi

  Moving, California, Years

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• What I like most about cigars is simply sitting and talking with other men… Some of the best conversations I’ve ever had with men have been over a cigar.

  James Belushi

  Men, Talking, Sitting

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• Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable, sensible human being.

  James Belushi

  Chicago, Just Being, Theater

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• I'm an escaped car thief. I broke out of prison to see the Cubs in the World Series.

  James Belushi

  Car, Thieves, World

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• When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing, your body would drop into a chair, your head would tilt up, a small smile would creep across your face, and inside you knew that there was a higher power somewhere: gifted, beautiful, spiritual.

  James Belushi

  Beautiful, Spiritual, Sadness

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• People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing.

  James Belushi

  I Love You, Brother, Laughter

  "The Belushis: Funny is in their bones" by Rick Kogan, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 26, 2012.

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• But if you go over the line, you don't want to get stuck in a Nevada State court room. Honestly, because Nevada has been doing a good job of putting California criminals in jail. I mean, we couldn't put OJ in jail, but they did. We couldn't put Paris Hilton in jail, but they did.

  James Belushi

  Jobs, Mean, California

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• What I do know is that with a celebrity's death comes an avalanche of media, and in that media is most often another death - it takes a life that is filled with complicated talent, hope, success and drive and reduces it to the 'story.

  James Belushi

  Media, Stories, Avalanches

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• I like to consider myself a star - a star, that when you look in the sky, it's always there. And on a clear night... a shooting star comes by, and get a little thrill, and you make a little wish. You need both types of stars, the shooting and the constant stars. The heavens include them all.

  James Belushi

  Stars, Night, Sky

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• I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?'

  James Belushi

  Brother, Dad, Character

  "The Belushis: Funny is in their bones" by Rick Kogan, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 26, 2012.

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• I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that's one thing I am constantly working on - pain management.

  James Belushi

  Mom, Brother, Couple

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• Doing a sitcom is like doing a play - you rehearse for three or four days, and then you shoot what you rehearsed on Friday night in front of an audience. An hour-long drama is like shooting a movie. You're shooting 13-14 hour days. The endurance itself is different.

  James Belushi

  Friday, Drama, Night

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• Yeah, Vegas is the number one place to go. Vegas is Sin City. It really gives you a feeling of looseness and anything can go.

  James Belushi

  Vegas, Sin City, Cities

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