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
My parents loved each other. I was raised in a house of total love and respect. My dad worked very hard and my mother was incredibly devoted to him. I can unequivocally, without any peradventure of doubt, tell you that I was raised with the kind of love that we only dream of.
I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.
If General Motors can't survive and run their business like a business, let them go under.
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 you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.
All the racial jokes and so on are so over-the-top that's the only way they can work. If they weren't, then you'd really have a problem, ... Because they're so ridiculous and over-the-top and because the character's so ridiculous, then actually it gets that kind of gasping, screaming laughter from everybody, which is good -- or we haven't had any problems, nobody's felt hurt, thank God.
You could see all this fire and smoke and electricity flying everywhere. You could see arcs of electricity. It was just crazy.