American - Actor | April 18, 1947 -
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.
James Woods
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The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.
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If I say I'm the best actor for the part, I mean it and I'm not kidding.
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If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.
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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.
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I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.
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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.
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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 like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.
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The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it.
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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.
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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.
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Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.
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