Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Brion James

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Brion James.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Brion Howard James was an American character actor. He portrayed Leon Kowalski in Blade Runner, and appeared in Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., Silverado, Tango & Cash, Red Heat, The Player, and The Fifth Element. James was frequently cast as an antagonist, appearing more frequently in lower-budget horror and action films and TV shows throughout the 1980s and 1990s. James appeared in more than 100 films before he died of a heart attack at the age of 54.

American - Actor | February 20, 1945 - August 7, 1999

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Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.

Brion James

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

I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood.

Brion James

In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did your work, they'd use you until you died.

Brion James

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

Brion James

I couldn't say no to jobs and I couldn't say no to drugs. I'd get high from a movie, I'd be somebody else because I didn't particularly like me, so long as I had a script in my hand, I was okay. As soon as the movie was over, I didn't know what to do.

Brion James

The bad guys are the best parts.

Brion James

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

Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people.

Brion James

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

I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called Studio 12. It was for people in the business and you didn't have to have any money to go, which was good because I was broke.

Brion James

I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies.

Brion James

I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one.

Brion James

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

Brion James

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

Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?

Brion James

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

Brion James

I could talk about Blade Runner forever.

Brion James

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

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

Brion James

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.