James Coburn Quotes

"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."
-James Coburn

"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 didn't want to be a part of that. I don't like "popular.""
-James Coburn

"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."
-James Coburn

"The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life."
-James Coburn

"My, my, my ... I've 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

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

"[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."
-James Coburn

"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."
-James Coburn