James Caan Quotes

I'm definitely not a song-and-dance guy, and if you've ever heard me sing, you would understand that, 'No, maybe that's not your thing.'

I can play a cat lady. I can't put my foot down and refuse to play anything but playing the perfect, well-adjusted woman, because those people aren't as fun or funny.

I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.

My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff.

When I was younger, acting, singing, and dancing was what it was all about.

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

I ended up doing a local AmDram musical when I was nine or so. We had to sing and dance and act. It was probably terrible, but I loved it.

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's really tough to do if it's not something that really grabs you and your heart's not in it.

I know what my talents are, and at the end of the day I'm an actor who can dance.

I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals.

I can't dance and I can't sing too well.

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.

They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work involved in addition to the music. The auditions went on for a long time.

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most.

I mean these people who work on Broadway, in my opinion, are the most gifted of everyone. I mean they really know how to dance. They really know how to act. They really know how to sing. They know how to perform.

I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical.

There's a difference between being an actress who can sing and being a Sally Song-and-Dance.

I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons. It's good to have as a dancer - to be able to sing and act, too, because for a Broadway show or musical, you have to be able to do everything.

Adam Scott sings like a bird... He's so bad. He's so bad.

I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical.

Singing and acting are actually very similar things. Anyone can sing and anyone can be a film actor. All you have to do is learn.

I really respected women that could sing their tails off and entertain really well, so I wanted to get that across before I brought any of my own music into it.

When you come from a star family in the South, you're expected to be really good in dance and fights. It's really important that you open up as an actor in front of the camera.

I am not from a film family. I don't know much, but I definitely knew that if I want to be a good enough actor, I should be able to do any sort of role.