James Garner

thumb|James Garner in 1987 James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American film and television actor and producer. Quotes Tavis Smiley interview (2004) Tavis Smiley, Late Night on w:PBS - 2004-06-14, Interview: with Tavis Smiley, PBS (June 14, 2004). Anyway, you learn a healthy respect for war, and I'm not happy with what's going on today. Uh, you know, our sterling President — um, I shouldn't get into this. Everybody's gonna kill me, but I'm not happy with him. I — I — if he had ever been in a war, he wouldn't have been so happy...so eager to send other people into war. On George Bush and the Iraq War. Cause my wife gets up and goes shopping. Asked why he gets up and goes to work every day. Garner: Before we get off the electoral process, they wanted me to run for Governor [of California] about 8 years ago — ahem — and I didn't want to do it. I wasn't gonna get in with that--Tavis Smiley: Now you wish you had.Garner: No, no, no.Tavis Smiley: Hey, Arnold [Schwarzenegger] won.Garner: No. I think I could have won easy, but I don't think that they ought to have somebody like me or Schwarzenegger as Governor. It's no way to run a state. External links Category:1928 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Actors from Oklahoma