Joel McCrea famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero.
-- Joel McCrea

#Hero #Mean #Guy
I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.
-- Joel McCrea

#Roles #Good Enough #Ability
My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.
-- Joel McCrea

#Mother #Eggs #Firsts
I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.
-- Joel McCrea

#Regret #Actors #Should
I liked doing comedies, but as I got older I was better suited to do Westerns. Because I think it becomes unattractive for an older fellow trying to look young, falling in love with attractive girls in those kinds of situations ... Anyway, I always felt so much more comfortable in the Western.
-- Joel McCrea

#Girl #Falling In Love #Thinking
This world's divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted. Luckily I'm the hunter. Nothing can change that.
-- Joel McCrea

#Two #People #Hunters
People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.
-- Joel McCrea

#People #Guy #Way
I never pretended to be a great actor.
-- Joel McCrea

#Actors
After 87 pictures in 47 years, I knew when to quit,
-- Joel McCrea

#Years #Quitting
I always felt so much more comfortable in the Western. The minute I got a horse and a hat and a pair of boots on, I felt easier. I didn't feel like I was an actor anymore. I felt like I was the guy out there doing it.
-- Joel McCrea

#Horse #Guy #Actors

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