You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them. . . I'm acting for the audience, … - James Cagney

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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

James Cagney

You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them. . . I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.

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