Quotes by James Coburn

“Personality. Gotta have some kind of personality and you dont wear your personality on your body. Its gotta come from someplace.”

“It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.”

“The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life.”

“Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girls on the covers of magazines, smoking cigars. Give me a break. I didnt want to be a part of that. I dont like popular.”

“Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got animation. NO more actor, although for now they still have to borrow a voice or two. Anyway, I find it abhorrent.”

“First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got.”

“[David Thomson, the author of] The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, ... a modern rarity: an actor who projects lazy, humorous sexuality. ... He has made a variety of flawed, pleasurable films, the merits of which invariably depend on his laconic presence.”

“My, my, my ... Ive been doing this work for over half my life and I finally got one right, ... Some (movies) you do for money, some you do for love. This is a love child.”

“[James Coburn made an appearance at the Miramax celebration --] The partying begins, for a few hours, and then were going home to bed, ... Affliction.”

“I have been meeting with the county to try and work something out. They are trying to get a handle on what they would charge us.”

Theres nothing more toxic or deadly than a human child. A single touch could kill you.