Biography
Born in New York City, New York, USA
Died in Stanfordville, New York, USA
James Cagney Quotes
“I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn’t really approve of it, through.”
“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.”
“They need you. Without you, they have an empty screen. So, when you get on there, just do what you think is right and stick with it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“With me, a career was the simple matter of putting groceries on the table.”
“Where I come from, if there’s a buck to be made, you don’t ask questions, you go ahead and make it.”
“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.”
“You dirty, double-crossing rat.”
