Brion James
Brion James
Brion Howard Jameswas an American character actor. Known for playing the character of Leon Kowalski in the movie Blade Runner, James portrayed a variety of colorful roles in well-known films such as Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., Tango & Cash, Red Heat, The Player and The Fifth Element...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 February 1945
CountryUnited States of America
play evil want
I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees there is something redeemable about them. In other words, I don't want to do evil for evil's sake. I don't want to do Jason slasher movies. There's no point in that.
genre-is want behavior
The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.
cowboy play california
Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies.
long drug use
In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did your work, they'd use you until you died.
parrots accents picks
I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.
comedy stand-up-comedy knows
You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.
forever blade-runner blades
I could talk about Blade Runner forever.
jobs hands long
I couldn't say no to jobs and I couldn't say no to drugs. I'd get high from a movie, I'd be somebody else because I didn't particularly like me, so long as I had a script in my hand, I was okay. As soon as the movie was over, I didn't know what to do.
character television film
I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.
drama
I liked the drama of getting stoned.
changing-your-life shows knows
You never know what show is going to change your life.
bringing elements producing
Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people.
developing fun guy process whatever
The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he become that? Why is the guy a murderer, or why is this guy a pervert, or whatever he is. So that's the fun part for me to delve into the abyss.
everybody runner
Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?