James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jonesis an American actor. His career has spanned more than 60 years, and he has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors and "one of the greatest actors in American history." Since his Broadway debut in 1957, Jones has won many awards, including a Tony Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in The Great White Hope. Jones has won three Emmy Awards, including two in the same year in 1991, and he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 January 1931
CountryUnited States of America
Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.
One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas.
Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.
Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.
In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.
I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?
I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.
I consider myself a novice film actor.
Actors never discuss future plans.
Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.
I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.
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.
A man's got to take care of his family. You live in my house, you sleep your behind on my bedclothes, you put my food in your belly because you are my son; you are my flesh and blood, not because I like you. It is my duty to take care of you. I owe a responsibility to you.
There is a very fine line between love and nausea.