John Garfield Professions : Actor Born : March 4, 1913 Died : May 21, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by John Garfield With my brains and your looks, we could go places. John Garfield brain work looks Must I tell the story of my life again? John Garfield story-of-my-life stories Reading is important. John Garfield important reading England has been praised for turning out intelligent, adult pictures whereas Hollywood has been severely censured for turning out junk. I don't think criticism is a valid one because, in defense of Hollywood, we have censorship problems England doesn't have. I'm not speaking of the license to do sexy stuff. I'm speaking of the license to present adult ideas and viewpoints, which we lack and which means in turn that many of our pictures lack intelligent content. John Garfield sexy intelligent mean When I think back, the neighbors were always sayin', 'Oh, that poor Julie, that poor orphan.' I loved it. The Italians would invite me in for dinner - it was an Italian neighborhood mostly. Oh, I loved it. John Garfield loved think me dinner To my surprise, I discovered that I could act, and I liked it even better than boxing. John Garfield act better surprise boxing When an actor doesn't face a conflict, he loses confidence in himself. I always want to have a struggle because I believe it will help me accomplish more. John Garfield face me confidence struggle I believe the more successful an actor becomes, the more chances he should take. An actor never stops learning. John Garfield never i-believe learning believe I lived in a bad neighborhood. I knew so many things a boy shouldn't know. I did so many things a boy shouldn't do. John Garfield boy bad things know I did a lot of jobs when I was a kid - paper boy, grocery boy, all those things. I guess maybe I got a point of view then. John Garfield boy view things point-of-view I wanted the attention I missed at home, so I became the leader of a gang. That way, I got attention and was recognized as being important. It wasn't a bad gang - you know, in poor districts in New York, there's a gang to every block. We never robbed at the point of a gun; we'd steal potatoes from a grocery store, or crackers. John Garfield you gun leader home I always wanted to be in the limelight, and I found I could get it by being on the stage. That was the beginning of everything for me. John Garfield everything beginning me always There was a revolution going on at home. Why didn't I earn some money? Why didn't I do something practical, like chicken farming? John Garfield chicken revolution money home I didn't learn anything about acting until I joined the Group Theatre. They taught me an entirely new approach, an entirely new technique. John Garfield new group me theatre There was no convincing me that a stepmother could be anything but a wicked ogre, and I acted accordingly. John Garfield stepmother anything me wicked There are many films in which minority groups are caricatured to the point where truth is all together lost. There are many more films, good in general, but untrue in their presentation of the Negro's life as totally divorced from the Caucasian's or the Caucasian's from the Negro. John Garfield good truth together life Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
