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James Woods [1947-0] American

Rank: 106
Actor

James Howard Woods is an American actor and producer. He is often known for villainous roles and appeared in a variety of films, including The Way We Were, The Onion Field, Videodrome, Once Upon a Time in America, Best Seller, Chaplin, Casino, Nixon, Vampires, Straw Dogs and White House Down.

Attitude, Dad, Famous, Future, Respect

Quote	Tags	Rank
If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.		101
I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.		102
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.		103
I think the iPhone was as significant an invention as the Gutenburg press, in terms of the future of humanity.	Future	104
I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.		105
The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.		106
My biggest problem in live games is that I love the game so much and I don't think I ever met a poker player I didn't fundamentally like - even if they're screaming and they're acting like real jerks.		107
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.	Dad, Respect	108
The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it.		109
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.		110
I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up.	Famous	111
I think it's safe to say people are going to be interested in Kim Kardashian's love choices for the next 30 years. But they can take a minute to think about the new robotic arm that could replace the one they lost to cancer. Then they can keep thinking about Kim Kardashian.		112
The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.		113
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.		114
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.		115
I'm a pretty quiet guy, but if people want to think of me as a lady killer, I guess that's good.		116
My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.	Attitude	117
The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.		118
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 being celebrated.		119
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.		120
I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it.		121
I just love poker players.		122
If someone is not tech savvy, I have no time for them. I've always been a big believer in looking forward.		123
The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.		124
Without a doubt, if I had it to do all over again, I would do whatever it takes to be a one-person studio. You need to learn how to write so you can control the material. If you own the material, you can do it all.		125
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.		126
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.		201
So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?		202
Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.		203
I always have a rule that acting is acting and truth is truth and you just go out there and you do it. But what happens in each medium is that you have other responsibilities. The acting remains the same, but each medium dictates assuming other halves to make the acting work.		204
I've had wonderfully lucrative offers to do another network series. I could do that again and have a very luscious retirement.		205
If I say I'm the best actor for the part, I mean it and I'm not kidding.		206
If General Motors can't survive and run their business like a business, let them go under.		207
Because of who I am, when I sit at a poker table, I meet people who engage me in conversation, not only about poker, but also about the movie business and about the world of celebrities.		208

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