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Once a song and dance man, al...

Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell.

James Cagney 34 quotes

Though I soon became typecast...

Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on.

James Cagney 34 quotes

New Orleans is 5 feet below s...

New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level, which means that holes dug in the ground immediately fill with water. Coffins were punctured and sunk with weights, which didn't stop them from floating up out of the cemeteries and down the streets of the French Quarter on stormy nights. The solution was to bury people above ground, in what are called vaults.

James Cagney 34 quotes

Learn your lines… plant your ...

Learn your lines… plant your feet… look the other actor in the eye… say the words… mean them.

James Cagney 34 quotes

There's not much to say about...

There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say.

James Cagney 34 quotes

You dirty, double-crossing ra...

You dirty, double-crossing rat.

James Cagney 34 quotes

Perhaps people, and kids espe...

Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike.

James Cagney 34 quotes

You know, the period of World...

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle.

James Cagney 34 quotes

My father was totally Irish, ...

My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking.

James Cagney 34 quotes

Once a song and dance man, alw...

Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell.

James Cagney 34 quotes

I`m sick of carrying guns and ...

I`m sick of carrying guns and beating up women.

James Cagney 34 quotes

Outside of my family, the prim...

Outside of my family, the prime concern of my life has been nature and its order, and how we have been savagely altering that order.

James Cagney 34 quotes

Learn your lines plant your f...

Learn your lines plant your feet look the other actor in the eye say the words mean them.

James Cagney 34 quotes

Absorption in things other tha...

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

James Cagney 34 quotes

You don't psych yourself up fo...

You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.

James Cagney 34 quotes

You know, the period of World ...

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle.

James Cagney 34 quotes

I never had the slightest diff...

I never had the slightest difficulty with a fellow actor. Not until One, Two, Three. In that picture, Horst Buchholz tried all sorts of scene-stealing didoes. I came close to knocking him on his ass.

James Cagney 34 quotes

I never said, 'MMMmmm, you dir...

I never said, 'MMMmmm, you dirty rat!

James Cagney 34 quotes

There's not much to say about ...

There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say.

James Cagney 34 quotes

My childhood was surrounded by...

My childhood was surrounded by trouble, illness, and my dad's alcoholism, but as I said, we just didn't have the time to be impressed by all those misfortunes. I have an idea that the Irish possess a built-in don't-give-a-damn that helps them through all the stress.

James Cagney 34 quotes

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....