James Caan Net Worth

James Caan's Quotes

• [on being voted "Italian of the Year" in New York twice, after his role as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972)]: I'm a Jew from the Bronx. I feel guilty about accepting these awards, but they wouldn't let me turn them down.
• I have an agent I trust professionally more than anybody else, but with the best intentions he could put me in the shithouse just as fast as somebody who wanted to ruin me.
• I'd rather get sloshed than stoned.
• Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't "done" Brando [Marlon Brando] is lying.
• My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'

Interesting Facts about James Caan

1. Played football for Michigan State University.
2. Born at 10:31pm-EST.
3. Father (with Sheila Ryan) of actor Scott Caan.
4. He walked off the set of The Holcroft Covenant (1985) and was replaced by Michael Caine. Both were in A Bridge Too Far (1977).
5. In the 1990s he kicked a cocaine habit of some 20 years.
6. States that Thief (1981) is one of his favorite films.
7. Son of Arthur and Sophie Caan. His father was a kosher butcher.
8. Turned down the role of Trapper John in M*A*S*H (1970) in order to appear in Rabbit, Run (1970).
9. Briefly lived at the Playboy Mansion in the 1970s.
10. One brother, Ronnie Caan, and one sister, Barbara (deceased c. 1981--leukemia).
11. Was originally tested for the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) (director Francis Ford Coppola had worked with him and Robert Duvall in The Rain People (1969) and wanted them in the movie), but then was slated to play Michael Corleone after Paramount's initial choices (which included Warren Beatty, Robert Redford and Ryan O'Neal) did not pan out. When Al Pacino came on board, Caan was switched back to Sonny.
12. Spent nine years on the pro rodeo circuit.
13. Is a 6th Dan in Karate.
14. Was a drama major at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, USA.
15. Sons with Linda Stokes: James Arthur Caan (b. 6 November 1995) and Jacob Nicholas Caan (b. September 24th 1998).
16. After being turned down by Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino, Julia Phillips inquired of Caan's agent if he would be interested in taking the lead role of Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Caan's agent responded that he would read the script for a guarantee of $1 million plus 10% of the gross if he accepted the role. Phillips went with the original choice, Richard Dreyfuss.
17. He was considered for Harrison Ford's roles in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Blade (1998).
18. Two generations of his family and the Coppola family have worked together. He worked with Francis Ford Coppola most memorably in the first two Godfather films (The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974)) and in Gardens of Stone (1987). His son, Scott Caan, appeared in Sonny (2002), which was directed by Nicolas Cage and featured Cage and his brother, Marc Coppola. Sonny was also the name of Caan's "Godfather" character.
19. Appears in Misery (1990), which was directed by Rob Reiner. His son, Scott Caan, appeared in Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004), opposite Reiner's father, Carl Reiner.
20. In the Godfather trilogy, Andy Garcia plays the son of Caan's character, Sonny Corleone. In Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004), Caan's son, Scott Caan, works with Garcia.