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Top 20 James Woods Quotes (2025 Update)

James Woods Quote: “I’m absolutely gonna win it, because I’m ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.”

1. “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

James Woods Quote: “The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.”

2. “The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “It is okay to fall, but not okay to stay on the ground.”

3. “It is okay to fall, but not okay to stay on the ground.”

— James Woods

James Woods 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.”

4. “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

James Woods Quote: “I’m a pretty quiet guy, but if people want to think of me as a lady killer, I guess that’s good.”

5. “I’m a pretty quiet guy, but if people want to think of me as a lady killer, I guess that’s good.”

— James Woods

James Woods 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.”

6. “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

James Woods Quote: “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.”

7. “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

James Woods Quote: “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.”

8. “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

James Woods Quote: “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.”

9. “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

James Woods Quote: “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...”

10. “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

James Woods Quote: “When I was in high school, we were all laboring under the illusion, or maybe it was a reality, that everyone in our school was a virgin.”

11. “When I was in high school, we were all laboring under the illusion, or maybe it was a reality, that everyone in our school was a virgin.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do – communicating through symbols.”

12. “The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do – communicating through symbols.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “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.”

13. “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

James Woods Quote: “My second ex-wife was really kind of like a ship passing in the night. Only she turned out to be the Exxon Valdez.”

14. “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

James Woods Quote: “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.”

15. “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

James Woods Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “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.”

17. “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

James Woods Quote: “The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they’ll take it.”

18. “The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they’ll take it.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “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?”

19. “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

James Woods Quote: “Celebrity – I don’t even know what that means. Obviously it’s the same basic word as celebration, but I don’t know what’s being celebrated.”

20. “Celebrity – I don’t even know what that means. Obviously it’s the same basic word as celebration, but I don’t know what’s being celebrated.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “Golfers are genuinely courteous in a discourteous world. Show me a guest on The Jerry Springer Show who’s a golfer.”

21. “Golfers are genuinely courteous in a discourteous world. Show me a guest on The Jerry Springer Show who’s a golfer.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.”

22. “Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.”

— James Woods

James Woods Quote: “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.”

23. “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

James Woods Quote: “The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.”

24. “The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.”

— James Woods

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