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James Woods

(1947) Actor

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James Woods is an actor, best known for Secret Window, Secret Garden.

Quick Facts About James Woods

Born: April 18, 1947
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Secret Window, Secret Garden

About James Woods

James Howard Woods is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He started his career in minor roles on and off-Broadway before making his Broadway debut in The Penny Wars (1969), followed by Borstal Boy (1970), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971) and Moonchildren (1972). His early film roles include The Visitors (1972), The Way We Were (1973) and The Gambler (1974). Woods starred with Meryl Streep in the NBC miniseries Holocaust (1978).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by James Woods · Page 2

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

Bottom

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My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow…

Attitude

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When I was in high school, we were all laboring under the illusion, or maybe it was a reality, that everyone in…

High school

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I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the earth because I figure, a) They pay…

Bigs

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If General Motors can't survive and run their business like a business, let them go under.

Business

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“The curious advantage of being able to survey the span of someone else’s life, from start to finish, can seem peremptory, high-handed,…

Death

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I've had wonderfully lucrative offers to do another network series. I could do that again and have a very luscious retirement.

Again

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The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

Career

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We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a…

Batman

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The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.

Communicate

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The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone…

Achievement

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I always have a rule that acting is acting and truth is truth and you just go out there and you do…

Acting

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So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's…

Deals

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Because of who I am, when I sit at a poker table, I meet people who engage me in conversation, not only…

About

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Without a doubt, if I had it to do all over again, I would do whatever it takes to be a one-person…

Again

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I think the great power of Bette Davis was she always knew who she was. She had an obligation to herself and…

Audience

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Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me…

Establishment

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Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's…

Birthday

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...if [the 9/11/01 attacks] had happened to the Russians, about three major cities in the Middle East would have been parking lots…

Cities

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I think the iPhone was as significant an invention as the Gutenburg press, in terms of the future of humanity.

Future

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I'm a pretty quiet guy, but if people want to think of me as a lady killer, I guess that's good.

Guy

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Whatever it took to get elected president of the United States, I don't think being a complete and utter moron is one…

Moron

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Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as…

Community

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I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just…

Able

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