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You look around at television now, and it's just hands down -- time after time, event after event, moment after moment -- it's just better than the movies
James Woods lauds 'Shark' TV script Jul 17, 2006
I don't see how he can get away with doing this
Ohio man acquitted in dog shooting Jan 04, 2006
I lived in New York under (Democratic Mayor) David Dinkins, and it was like living in a war zone
Cathy's World: James Woods as 'Rudy' Mar 26, 2003
I put down the script, I called my agent, and I said, 'This script is not approved,
Cathy's World: James Woods as 'Rudy' Mar 26, 2003
The joke on the set always was that I was a sort of terrier wrangling all these liberal sheep
Cathy's World: James Woods as 'Rudy' Mar 26, 2003
James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Hercules, and in legal drama Shark. He has won two Emmy Awards, and has gained two Academy Award nominations.
Woods was born in Vernal, Utah. His father, Gail Peyton Woods, was an army intelligence officer who died in 1960 following routine surgery. His mother, Martha A. (née Smith), operated a pre-school after her husband's death and re-married to Thomas E. Dixon. Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he attended Pilgrim High School.
Woods chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at MIT, where he majored in political science (though he originally planned on a career as a surgeon). While at MIT, Woods pledged to Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He was also an active member of the student theatre group "Dramashop" where he both acted in and directed a number of plays. He dropped out of MIT in 1969 just before his graduation in order to pursue a career in acting. Woods has said that he became an actor because of the father of Ben Affleck, Tim Affleck, who was a stage manager at the Theatre Company of Boston while Woods was at MIT.