James Cromwell Quotes

I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.

I usually play character parts in Hollywood films.

I just finished my 62nd or my 63rd movie here, and you know, I do good ones, I do bad ones, I do big parts, I do small parts, I do cameos - but I've allowed myself a pat on the back, because I realized that I've been working in Hollywood now since 1973.

Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.

I have acted in more than 100 films so far. And I have worked with almost all top stars and leading directors.

I have done serious roles in various films including 'Budget Padmanabhan,' 'Thaththi Thavudhu Manasu,' among others.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.

Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.

Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.

I have done about 15 movies so far and am on my 5th season on That '70s Show.

Mind you, if a blockbuster movie was offered, I wouldn't say no. I can do accents - I don't always have to be Scottish.

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.

I guess Johnny Depp has a pretty good career. I love a lot of parts that actors have played, so I love pieces of their career, but it's pretty hard to look at an actor's whole career and go, 'That was awesome!' Usually it either ends on a crappy show or with no work at all.

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

I've done a lot of movies before 'Entourage,' and I hope to always have my movie career going. Maybe I could take on another TV show, too.

People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.

Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege.

In films, I didn't crave the type of attention I had sort of stumbled into in my music career. And I do not audition well. I'm really not good at it. Early on, I did movies like 'Alpha Dog' and 'Black Snake Moan' because the directors didn't ask me to audition.