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.

One of his favorite film roles is Max the domineering gangster in Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Early life
Woods was born in Vernal Utah. R.

He has been twice nominated for an Academy Award. James Howard Woods (born April 18 1947) is an American film stage and television actor. He has won three Emmy Awards (for tele-movies Promise and My Name Is Bill W.