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List of James Earl Jones Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 55 inspiring quotes by James Earl Jones.

About James Earl Jones

  • Born: January 17, 1931
  • Occupation: Actor
    • We children learned responsibility automatically.
    Children Responsibility
    I'd like to film a british commercial; they're better than american ones.
    Film British
    I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time.
    Views Land Knowing
    So i was determined to use my last two years in college doing something i thought i would enjoy, which was acting. and it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?
    Girl Drama School
    You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. you tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. the idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him.
    Ideas Singing Church
    In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.
    Country Snow Fruit
    I got out of the army - in my world - i came to new york, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors.
    New York Army Rights
    My youngest uncle randy and i were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.
    Uncles College Firsts
    Reading was a big thing, yes. books were a big thing. but the things that stick out were the newspapers.
    Book Reading Sticks
    So in my junior year, i switched to the drama department.
    Drama Years Junior Year
    I love doing commercials! usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.
    Enough Photograph Wells
    My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and i think psychotic - way to face racism. so she taught us to be racist, which is something i had to undo later when i got to michigan, you know.
    Grandmother Thinking Taught Us
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