James Coburn

“There's nothing more toxic or deadly than a human child. A single touch could kill you.”

“First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got.”

“Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girls on the covers of magazines, smoking cigars. Give me a break. I didn't want to be a part of that. I don't like 'popular.'”

“It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.”

“The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life.”

“Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got animation. NO more actor, although for now they still have to borrow a voice or two. Anyway, I find it abhorrent.”