James Stewart Quotes

"I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun."

"It's not just the election,"

"This was the time of training, when you were learning your craft, and I don't think that you can work too hard at that particular time."

"I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites."

"It's much easier, for example, to play a heroin addict and you're withdrawing - you tear the ceiling off - that's much easier than it is to come in and say, 'Hello.' Or, 'I love you'. When you judge it in that way, the heavy isn't as difficult."

"One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses."

"William Wyler has always been famous for taking a lot of takes. There is this story that he did this scene with a bunch of very competent people, a very important scene in the movie, and he'd already done it thirty times. One of them came to Willie and said, 'I want to know what we're doing wrong. What do you want us to do?' And Willie said, 'No, you're doing it fine. I'm just waiting for something to happen'."

"It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all."

"A half (percentage) point cut will offer some comfort to the European markets, ... A quarter is not helpful."

"What you are seeing is an improved equity market, a deteriorating bond market and the currency under control. The government is very aware that it mustn't loose this advantageous combination."

"Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners."

"We size our summer class to anticipate our needs, hoping all of them get offers and all of them accept."

"Tiger is very popular and golf is a more popular sport than our sport, so naturally he's going to be bigger than me. To me, I kind of would like to be known as the first James Stewart. We're in two different sports so I'm not sure about any comparisons."

"Just to look at it, most people, even other law enforcement agencies, would not have noticed that particular patch had been expired,"