Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Joel McCrea

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Joel McCrea.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Joel McCrea

Joel Albert McCrea was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he became best known.

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.
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.
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.
I never pretended to be a great actor. — © Joel McCrea
I never pretended to be a great actor.
My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.
I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.
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.
After 87 pictures in 47 years, I knew when to quit.
I don't believe in anti-heroes. Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero.
Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero.
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.
This world's divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted. Luckily I'm the hunter. Nothing can change that.
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