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" 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
You
Work
Doing
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" Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew? "
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" Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people. "
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" 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. "
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" Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting. "
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Career
Early
" 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. "
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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. "
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Why
Farm
" 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. "
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Play
" My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night. "
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Night
Theater
Movie Theater
" 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. "
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Say
Words
Villain
" I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice. "
Brion James
Television
You
Twice
" You never know what show is going to change your life. "
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Life
Know
Change
" I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy. "
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Love
People
Remember
" Larry Kasdan is a great director. "
Brion James
Larry
Great Director
Great
" I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies. "
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Movies
Care
Work
" 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. "
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Me
Interesting
Character
" I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it. "
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Parrot
Up
I Can
" 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. "
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Business
Myself
Money
" I could talk about Blade Runner forever. "
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Blade
Forever
Runner
" You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out. "
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Out
Pretty
Started
" I was a different kind of kid, oversensitive and all that. "
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Different Kind
Kid
Kind
" 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. "
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Bad
Character
Take
" The bad guys are the best parts. "
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Guys
Best
Bad Guys