James Woods
James Woods
James Howard Woodsis an American actor and producer. He is often known for villainous roles, and appeared in a variety of films, including The Onion Field, Videodrome, Once Upon a Time in America, Best Seller, Chaplin, Casino, Nixon, Hercules, Vampires, Straw Dogsand White House Down. On television, he is known for portraying the titular protagonist of Shark...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 April 1947
CityVernal, UT
CountryUnited States of America
The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.
We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it.
Just curious. Does the president of the United States have any advice for other teenage boys in America? Wounded warriors, for example . . .
Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.
I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.
...if [the 9/11/01 attacks] had happened to the Russians, about three major cities in the Middle East would have been parking lots in twenty minute and they wouldn't have worried about the consequences because there would not have been any because the remaining terrorist states would have said 'we get the message.'
The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death . . .
We know exactly what our plant is going to cost,
I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.
If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.
I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.
If General Motors can't survive and run their business like a business, let them go under.
It's a great battle, and it really is a battle, and there are people from all walks of life, you know, never judge anybody at the table: A man can be the greatest poker player and he might know all the numbers, but he might get beaten by a really savvy kid who works in a grocery store; and that's what's so great about this game.
I've had wonderfully lucrative offers to do another network series. I could do that again and have a very luscious retirement.