Top 10 Most Famous James Cagney Quotes (BEST)
“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.”
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2 James Cagney Quotes on Songs and Dance


4 James Cagney Quotes that Will Make You Think
“Those vaudevillians knew something that ultimately I came to understand and believe – that audiences are the ones who determine material. They buy the tickets.”
James Cagney

“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

4 James Cagney Quotes on Acting
“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

“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

2 Inspirational James Cagney Quotes About Life
“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

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