Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of problems.

- James Garner

I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma.

- James Garner

I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape.

- James Garner

I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.

- James Garner

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

- James Garner

It wasn't until I'd turned 50 and had been in the business 25 years that I realized I might actually have a career as an actor.

- James Garner

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

- James Garner

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

- James Garner

When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get.

- James Garner

I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes.

- James Garner

The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists.

- James Garner

I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to.

- James Garner

I never finished the ninth grade.

- James Garner

I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor.

- James Garner

I'm an actor; I hire out.

- James Garner

I've been on the wrong end of violence, and I've done violence myself... I refuse to glorify violence in my movie and television roles.

- James Garner

There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.

- James Garner

I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take himself too seriously, and shouldn't try to make acting something it isn't.

- James Garner

I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.

- James Garner

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

- James Garner