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Brion James Biography

Brion Howard James (February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999) was an American character actor. Perhaps best known for his portrayal of Leon Kowalski in Blade Runner, James portrayed a variety of colorful roles in popular films such as Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., Tango & Cash, Red Heat, The Player and The Fifth Element.

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I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.

100, Character, Film, Television, Twice

Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.

Career, Careers, Early, Fighting, My Own, Stunt

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

Deal, Dialect, Dialects, Done, Gotta, Jobs

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

Dad, Night, Theater

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

Accent, Accents, Parrot, Parrots, Pick, Picks

I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy.

Hate, Love, People, Play

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.

Behavior, Favorite, Genre Is, My Favorite, Thing, Want

I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one.

Leading, Like, Looks, Man, Men, Want

I liked the drama of getting stoned.

Drama, Liked, Stoned

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.

Hands, Jobs, Long, Movie, Okay

Wake up - time to die.

Badass, Blade Runner, Death, Die, Time, Wake

I was a different kind of kid, oversensitive and all that.

Different, Kids, Kind, Oversensitive

I could talk about Blade Runner forever.

Blade, Blade Runner, Blades, Forever, Runner

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.

Blade, Mean, Play, Smaller, Stars

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.

California, Cowboy, Play, Small

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.

Actors, Bad, Character, Doe, Lead, Takes

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

Director, Directors, Kasdan, Larry