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.


Cagney by Cagney, his autobiography (1976)


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.

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.

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.

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.