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. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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

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

Work begets work. ”