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Jamie' is what my mother gave me, and that takes the onus off of being big. Somebody thinks, 'Oh, Jamie - how threatening can he be?

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James Cromwell
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 27
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
LA
California
James Oliver Cromwell
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Often we're recreating what we think we're supposed to be as human beings. What we've been told we're supposed to be, instead of who we authentically are. The key about the creation of full self-expression is to be authentically who you are, to project that.
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Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there's going to be a problem.
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I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose. I'm gangly. I've got crooked teeth. That's certainly not Brad Pitt. I'm still around and alive, so if they need older guys, I guess they're thinking of me.
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Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively.
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Until men learn to celebrate and operate on the feminine aspect of themselves and stop the oppression of women, children, the environment, other species, we don't have a world to live in. It's not a world that anyone chooses to live in.
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I don't look like a leading man, whatever they look like. It's changing a little.
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My friends joke because I will take my clothes off, at the drop of a hat.
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There are reasons to have rules and regulations. That I understand. Authority is a different thing. Authority is to maintain its own position by increasing its power and domination over those people it is supposedly protecting.
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All of them - my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother - were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity.
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The last part of life is a spiritual concern. You need to find a context to put your life into, that will allow you to go through it with as much grace and balance as possible, even if there is rebellion and adventure and exploration and resistance.
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I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.
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Pigs may not be as cuddly as kittens or puppies, but they suffer just as much.
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The risks of transporting deadly nuclear waste, the environmental justice impacts and the long-term health effects of both these projects are untenable...We cannot afford to be silent on these important issues.
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