James Woods

James Woods: If I say I'm the best actor for the part, I mean it and I'm not kidding.

James Woods: (on what drew him to his character in Shark) It is simply this: We have all lived in shock watching these dream-team lawyers let patently guilty people go free by manipulating the system. This man who has lived as the most arrogant, rich, narcissistic, bachelor superstar defense lawyer suddenly switches sides and is working for the prosecutor [played by Jeri Ryan] with a team of young, inexperienced lawyers. He is also handed custody of his 16-year-old daughter. So now he's got to juggle his girlfriends around his daughter, who is only hive years younger than his girlfriends.

James Woods: (How close he was to his brother) He was absolutely my best friend. We never had an argument. My mom, who is 80, said, 'I would have made any deal with God if it could have been me instead of him.' I said, 'Me, too.' Life will never be the same. I can't imagine smiling ever again.

James Woods: 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: I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up.

James Woods: I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.