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
Here's what I believe a soul is - at least this, I believe it's at least this. I believe that every kindness that we create in our lives, if it came because we were affected by a person we loved and lost, that person lives through that kindness. That's what a soul is.
Achieving success as an actor has not been easy for me. My biggest, probably most irrational complaint has been that I've had to work harder for what I've gotten. I've seen other people with nepotism or wealth or cheesy good looks on their side who've had.
No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed.
The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.
Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good
It is okay to fall, but not okay to stay on the ground.
...simple logic tells you that if somebody wants you dead you have one course of action: To get them deader sooner.
The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.
I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.
Filmmaking, like sex, isn't a polite enterprise. It involves a lot of mess and the bottom line is, if somebody ain't screaming, you're not doing your job.
I think the great power of Bette Davis was she always knew who she was. She had an obligation to herself and her audience. When you think of what she was compelled to do, the power she put on the screen, the fact that she took upon herself a much greater task...
Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.
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.