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James Spader

(1960) Television Actor United States

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James Spader is a television actor from the United States.

Quick Facts About James Spader

Born: February 7, 1960
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Known for: The Office, Boston Legal, The Blacklist, Avengers: Age of Ultron

About James Spader

James Todd Spader is an American actor. He is known for often portraying morally ambiguous and eccentric characters. His accolades include three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and ten Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Quotes by James Spader · Page 2

I'm not a planner. I like to try something different, to just see what happens.

Happens

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I think the most significant change in my life is the decision to do a series. An hourlong dramatic television series on…

Change

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If I dont need the money, I dont work. Im going to spend time with my family and friends, and Im going…

Bits

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My career had been split pretty evenly between good guys and bad guys until I finally grew into myself enough to play…

Bad

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I look for things that are very different from my life, and that are curious and idiosyncratic to me. And then, I…

Able

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The protagonists that I've played tend to be people who make trouble. Or even if they don't make it, they certainly disrupt…

Fun

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You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as…

Actors

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There are some actors who are very good at developing things, who have... 'things in the pipeline.' I am abysmal at that…

Business

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I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic…

Becoming

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I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefore, I feel I should bring a lot.

Feel

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I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the…

Barack

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If I don't need the money, I don't work.

Ifs

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I like to read and listen to music and go for walks and travel and see art. I enjoy cooking and eating…

Art

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The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And…

Book

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Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I…

Acting

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Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our…

Anxiety

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It's necessary to readjust and then try again. And then readjust and try again. Fathers have to do that with sons and…

Children

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I'd like to thank the academy and I'd like to thank my mother and I'd like to thank my mother again, because…

Academy

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The unknown is very appealing to me. I like to be surprised. I love the idea I might know less at the…

Beginning

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I didn't watch much television growing up, and before I did 'Boston Legal,' I had no understanding of what it was like…

Forward

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I didn't really look like a character actor, yet those were the roles I loved to play. If you were a character…

Bad

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If you find great difficulty in trying to reckon with the future or even the present, I think it's intuitive to start…

Find

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I don't think movies or television have any basis in reality at all. It's all just pretend. That's what's fun about it.

Fun

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I have very, very strong obsessive-compulsive issues. I'm very particular.

Issues

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The most interesting heroes have a bit of villainy to them, and the most interesting villains have a certain bit of heroism…

Bits

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