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RIP Maverick, Rockford.
Personal 'Garner' Quotes:
Marriage is like the Army; everyone complains, but you'd be surprised at the large number of people who re-enlist.
[Asked if he would ever do a nude scene] "I don't do horror films."
[on his role as 'Bret Maverick'] I'm playing me. Bret Maverick is lazy: I'm lazy. And I *like* being lazy.
(on Steve McQueen) Steve was my neighbor for some time, I called him "Crazy McQueen", because, quite frankly, he was crazy. We were friends, but he wanted to play my part in Grand Prix (1966) and because of that we didn't talk for four years. (...)He wasn't a great actor, but he was a star - McQueen had probably the highest amount of star quality I've ever seen in an actor.
[When he entered Hollywood High School at the time his gym teacher recommended him for his modeling job]: I made 25 bucks an hour! That's why I quit school. I was making more money than the teachers. I never finished the ninth grade.
MOVIE QUOTES:
Zack (Garner): That's the best fuckin' apple cobbler I ever tasted. ~ Tank (1984)
Reporter: Why would anyone want to own a Sherman tank?
Zack: Because it's very hard to shoot yourself while you're cleaning it.
From Murphy's Romance (1985) -
Emma: Stay to supper, Murphy?
Murphy: I won't do that unless I'm still here at breakfast.
Emma: How do you like your eggs?
[about his birthday cake]
Emma: Okay, what is it? How old are you, Murphy?
Murphy: Just set the damn thing on fire!
Murphy: It might be the ball cock.
Emma: Most problems start there.
Emma: [at the hospital, looking at the babies in the maternity ward] Any of them yours?
Murphy: I told you, I go out of town.
The son of an Oklahoma carpet layer, James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner) dropped out of high school at 16 to join the Merchant Marines. He worked in a variety of jobs and received 2 Purple Hearts when he was wounded twice during the Korean War.
James Ganer, 1928-2014. RIP.
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