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James Garner was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily , Grand Prix , Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria , Murphy's Romance , for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space Cowboys with Clint Eastwood, and The Notebook .

✵ 7. April 1928 – 19. July 2014
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Famous James Garner Quotes

“Garner: Before we get off the electoral process, they wanted me to run for Governor [of California] about 8 years ago--ahem--and I didn't want to do it. I wasn't gonna get in with that--
Tavis Smiley: Now you wish you had.
Garner: No, no, no.
Tavis Smiley: Hey, Arnold [Schwarzenegger] won.
Garner: No. I think I could have won easy, but I don't think that they ought to have somebody like me or Schwarzenegger as Governor. It's no way to run a state.”

James Garner

Tavis Smiley interview (2004)

“Cause my wife gets up and goes shopping.”

James Garner

Asked why he gets up and goes to work every day.
Tavis Smiley interview (2004)

“Anyway, you learn a healthy respect for war, and I'm not happy with what's going on today. Uh, you know, our sterling President--um, I shouldn't get into this. Everybody's gonna kill me, but I'm not happy with him. I--I--if he had ever been in a war, he wouldn't have been so happy…so eager to send other people into war.”

James Garner

On George Bush and the Iraq War.
Tavis Smiley interview (2004)

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