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Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies.

~Brion James

Topics: Business California Cowboys Ever Farm Gangsters Got Grew Movies Play Small Up Wanted Westerns Why

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Work begets work.

~Brion James

Topics: Begets Work

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I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.

~Brion James

Topics: Actor Bad Character Character Actor Does He Hit Lead Movie Take Takes Want

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You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

~Brion James

Topics: Comedy Know Much Out Pretty Stand-Up Stand-Up Comedy Started Where You

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I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.

~Brion James

Topics: Character Did Films Never Over Same Seen Shows Television Television Shows Twice You

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I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees there is something redeemable about them. In other words, I don't want to do evil for evil's sake. I don't want to do Jason slasher movies. There's no point in that.

~Brion James

Topics: About Audience Either Evil In Other Words Jason Movies Never No Point Other Play Point Sake Say Sees Slasher Something Them Villain Want Words I Can

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The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he become that? Why is the guy a murderer, or why is this guy a pervert, or whatever he is. So that's the fun part for me to delve into the abyss.

~Brion James

Topics: Abyss Become Character Developing Did Fun Guy He Interesting Know Me Part Process Whatever Why You

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I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy.

~Brion James

Topics: Always Bad Bad Guy Fantasies Guy Hate Love Negative Out People Play Remember

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My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

~Brion James

Topics: Accents Deal Dialects Done Fool Gotta Job Then Whole

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I was a different kind of kid, oversensitive and all that.

~Brion James

Topics: Different Different Kind Kid Kind

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: February 20th, 1945

Died: August 7th, 1999

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