Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise: those guys have well-planned careers. I'm just on a journey. Wherever I run across a job, I say, 'Okay, I'll do that.' James Earl Jones careercruisedenzel Change image and share on social
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. James Earl Jones 60sexplosivehappen share on social
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race. James Earl Jones begineventexcuse Change image and share on social
So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy - being the thing that I should be most interested in - and if I could hack, as we called it, a senior class, I would continue. I didn't hack the senior class. James Earl Jones anatomycallclass share on social
Actors never discuss future plans. James Earl Jones actordiscussfuture Change image and share on social
The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was. James Earl Jones findgoalhollywood Change image and share on social
More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. James Earl Jones backgrandfatherinspire Change image and share on social
We children learned responsibility automatically. James Earl Jones automaticallychildlearn Change image and share on social
I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really. James Earl Jones preferrealistromantic Change image and share on social
And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare play, or any well-written play, Arthur Miller, whatever - and say things you could never imagine saying, never imagine thinking in your own life. James Earl Jones arthurideaimagine share on social
