James Brolin Net Worth

James Brolin's Quotes

• I spent most of the money I made on phone calls.
• I think you can have a whole terrific, smart career as a second and third banana and work more and have much less risk than the lead guy. But I like being the lead guy.
• [As a director]: One of the things I love about directing is I love actors, because no matter how complex they are, once you get down to working and talking to them and the toughest guy will want you to open them up and he wants to show you stuff he was afraid to show anybody before.
• [on his son's, Josh's arrest, at a bar brawl]: There were people who lived across the street who said there was no fight. How come nobody is suing for being hit? There was no fight.
• [on the death of Jane Agee, his first ex-wife, in a car crash]: I think it was she was avoiding a deer. I was surprised, and oh, I was affected. Yeah, I was really ripped up.

Interesting Facts about James Brolin

1. Announced engagement to Barbra Streisand. [May 1997]
2. Father of Josh Brolin (born 1968), Jess Brolin (born 1972) and Molly Brolin (born 1987).
3. His first wife, Jane, died in a car crash in 1995. This was devastating to him because after all the turmoil during their divorce, they had become friends. This friendship started when they both had to put up a brave face at a premiere for their son, Josh Brolin.
4. Acted in a make-up test for Planet of the Apes (1968) as "Cornelius," the chimpanzee scientist later portrayed in the final version of the film by Roddy McDowall.
5. Ex-father-in-law of Alice Adair and Diane Lane.
6. Is a lifelong Democrat and supported John Kerry in the 2004 election.
7. Campaigned for 2008 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for president.
8. Lives with Barbra on a on a three-acre oceanfront property in Malibu.
9. Was attached to play the Col. Samuel Trautman role in Rambo (2008) after Richard Crenna died, but the role was written out of the script.
10. Screen-tested for the role of James Bond in Octopussy (1983), but was ruled out when Roger Moore agreed to reprise the role.
11. Best known by the public for his role as Dr. Steven Kiley in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), and for his starring role as Peter MacDermott in Hotel (1983).
12. Son of Helen Sue, a housewife, and Henry Bruderlin.
13. Has a younger brother and two younger sisters.
14. Attended his former Hotel (1983) costar Connie Sellecca's wedding to John Tesh, on April 4, 1992.
15. Son-in-law of Diana Kind.
16. Grandfather of Trevor Brolin and Eden Brolin.
17. His acting mentor was the late Robert Young.
18. Stepfather of actor Jason Gould. (Brolin co-starred with Gould's biological father Elliott Gould in Capricorn One (1977), 21 years before Brolin married Gould's biological mother Barbra Streisand).
19. He has English, Swiss-German, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. His family surname, Bruderlin, originates in Switzerland, and his mother's Mansur line traces back to England.
20. Starred in The Car (1977) with Kyle Richards, whose birthday is January 11, 1969, which is a date mentioned in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) (January 11, 1974). The latter film also starred him towards the end.