James Remar Interview
James Remar Interview Part 1
– Neighborhood Playhouse
– Longevity & Acting for Life
– Digging Ditches & Odd Jobs
– Odd jobs after ‘Cotton Club’
– “Walter Hill gave me my career”
– “Were you a trouble maker at the Playhouse?”
– ‘The Warriors’ & ‘The Cotton Club’
– Playing ‘Dutchman Schultz’
– Coppola’s new cut of ‘The Cotton Club’
– “I thought I was going get nominated for Best Supporting Actor”
– Did the Neighborhood Playhouse prepare you for the real world?
– Acting school vs Real Work Experience
– “Disappointment in acting school is a microcosm of show business”
– Do you mind being asked to play villains over and over?
– “The villain typically drives the action”
– “I take all my parts very personally”
James Remar Interview Part 2
– Working with Quentin, Leo, & Christoph in ‘Django Unchained’
– Actors dropping out of ‘Django’
– Playing two parts in ‘Django Unchained’
– The Opening Sequence
– Another ’80’s Villain
– What was different about Quentin from the other great directors?
– “I’m the only actor to die twice in Quentin’s movie”
– Reading for Quentin’s earlier films
– ‘Reservoir Dogs’
– “I’m not as desperate now. And I’m just beat up”
– Jack Palance & Martin Landau
– Drug problems & getting fired from ‘Aliens’
– ‘Uncommon Valor’
– Patrick Swayze & Michael Biehn
James Remar Interview Part 3
– Stardom vs Acting
– “Not good work, great work!”
– “I STRUGGLE”
– Playing James Gordon’s uncle in ‘Gotham’
– Philosophy for taking jobs
– Cameo parts in Blockbusters
– Honorable day’s work on ‘Lap Dance’
– “I’m a jobbing actor”
– “I don’t get the luxury of spending time to train for a movie”
– Christoph Waltz’ injury on ‘Django Unchained’
– Roles that got away
– “Sometimes it’s tempting to say ‘I don’t want to do this anymore”
– “You’re an easy guy to talk to”
– “Acting is not lying. You have to be very honest to be a good actor”
– Method Acting
– “It’s a long, long, long haul. And in many ways its been a struggle”
James Remar BONUS – “Make Your Bed!”
James Remar END CREDITS
James Remar is a rugged, intense character player with leading man good looks. Having first gained recognition in 1979 as Ajax, in his second film “The Warriors” (1979). That same year he garnered acclaim on Broadway with Richard Gere in the concentration camp drama “Bent”.
In a career spanning nearly four decades, Remar has run the gamut of roles and solid career choices. Ranging from the psychopaths, Dutch Schultz in ‘Francis Copolla’s “The Cotton Club” (1984) and ‘Albert Ganz’ in Walter Hill’s “48 Hrs”. (1982) to Samantha’s lover, the billionaire playboy, Richard Wright, in the HBO series “Sex and the City” (1998).” James has also garnered roles which highlight a more vulnerable side, such as his guitarist who gets a break in the Oscar-winning short, “Session Man” (1991) or his artist who falls in love with a gargoyle come to life in the best segment of the horror anthology, “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” (1990) and as Mary Louise Parker’s lover in “Boys on the Side”.
In the hit Showtime series “Dexter” (2006). Remar starred alongside Michael C. Hall where he played Dexter’s wise, compassionate, adoptive father, Harry Morgan. “Grey’s Anatomy” fans have recently enjoyed seeing Remar as Karev’s long-lost Dad. While remaining active with top feature films James enjoys the distinction of being the only actor to die twice, as two different characters in Quentin Tarintino’s smash hit “Django Unchained”.
James won the 8th annual SAG award as a member of the Outstanding Comedy Ensemble for his work in “Sex and the City”. As a member of the ensemble cast of “Dexter”, James has been nominated for the SAG award and the Emmy. In recognition for his work in Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror James was honored with the Saturn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.
In early 2019 Remar completed Season Two of CW’s “Black Lightning” (2018) where he co-starred as Peter Gambi. Reunited with Quentin Tarantino Remar appeared in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” (2019)
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