James Woods Quotes

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• The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death...

  James Woods

  Doors, People, Car

  James Woods @RealJamesWoods, twitter.com. July 19, 2013.

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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 in twenty minute and they wouldn't have worried about the consequences because there would not have been any because the remaining terrorist states would have said 'we get the message.'

  James Woods

  Cities, Twenties, Middle East

  41 Copy quote

• 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.

  James Woods

  Men, Self, People

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• It is okay to fall, but not okay to stay on the ground.

  James Woods

  Fall, Okay, Not Okay

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• ...simple logic tells you that if somebody wants you dead you have one course of action: To get them deader sooner.

  James Woods

  Simple, Politics, Want

  26 Copy quote

• Here's what I believe a soul is - at least this, I believe it's at least this. I believe that every kindness that we create in our lives, if it came because we were affected by a person we loved and lost, that person lives through that kindness. That's what a soul is.

  James Woods

  Kindness, Believe, Soul

  "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", September 11, 2006.

  28 Copy quote

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

  James Woods

  Destiny, Lines, Bottom

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• Filmmaking, like sex, isn't a polite enterprise. It involves a lot of mess and the bottom line is, if somebody ain't screaming, you're not doing your job.

  James Woods

  Jobs, Sex, Lines

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

  James Woods

  Gone, World, Communicate

  19 Copy quote

• I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.

  James Woods

  Jobs, Winning, Gambling

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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.

  James Woods

  Running, Country, Kids

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• Achieving success as an actor has not been easy for me. My biggest, probably most irrational complaint has been that I've had to work harder for what I've gotten. I've seen other people with nepotism or wealth or cheesy good looks on their side who've had it easy...

  James Woods

  Hard Work, People, Cheesy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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 if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.

  James Woods

  Attitude, Snow, Hollywood

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• The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it.

  James Woods

  Hook, Mouths, Bass

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• Just curious. Does the president of the United States have any advice for other teenage boys in America? Wounded warriors, for example . . .

  James Woods

  Teenage, Warrior, Boys

  Twitter post from Jul 19, 2013

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• 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.

  James Woods

  People, Half, Favors

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• My second ex-wife was really kind of like a ship passing in the night. Only she turned out to be the Exxon Valdez.

  James Woods

  Night, Wife, Love And Marriage

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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 any good.

  James Woods

  Thinking, Voice, Hollywood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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 movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it.

  James Woods

  Work, People, Steps

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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 her audience. When you think of what she was compelled to do, the power she put on the screen, the fact that she took upon herself a much greater task.

  James Woods

  Thinking, Tasks, Facts

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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.

  James Woods

  Business, Talking, People

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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 fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?

  James Woods

  Politics, Want, Way

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• The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

  James Woods

  Independent, Careers, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Give Bush 10 minutes before you hammer him. I think he's going to surprise people. He sounds simple and uncomplicated, but maybe that's what we need now. He's not as stupid as everyone thinks. I like the guy.

  James Woods

  Stupid, Simple, Thinking

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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 of those predicates.

  James Woods

  Thinking, President, United States

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