James Spader Quotes

I have hair that I audition with, my sitcom hair which is a curly wig. I have my long chic hair that I wear to my son's school so they know I'm not playing around. I always tell people that my husband gets a different woman every night when I come home from 'The View.' Hair makes you feel a certain way, like putting a power suit on.

I've always used my hair for whatever it is needed for. I had it an inch long and jet black for a Pinter play I did. Changes you completely.

Roles make the actor.

I'm an actor. It's my job.

In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

I'm doing like a No. 2 or a No. 1 on my head now because I just love how easy it is. I just shave my head and go out.

I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.

When I'm filming, I keep my hair in cornrows so that they can fit a wig on top of my hair.

I go to the hairdresser once a month and even if I don't use products, I always want to look tidy.

I come from the theater, where I got into acting because I love transforming. I love nothing more than to be unrecognizable.

I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like you're going to be that character.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

I do a lot of dry shampoo. My hair just works better when it's not as clean!

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

Every actor has an obsession with their hair. You can see it on set, and you start to realize it's completely silly. I can be very obsessed by my hair, but all these hours spent trying to style it are useless, because ultimately, you can't change your haircut. It's all the same.

I should brush my hair more.

I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

Hair is the greatest thing to experiment with because it's not permanent. If I didn't like my colour, I'd just change it.

I'm hard to pin down. I tend to look different in films.

I was Aladdin, and then I was Captain Von Trapp from 'Sound Of Music' when I was 7 or 8, and then King Arthur. I was always the lead. I've always enjoyed being onstage, acting obnoxious, being someone that wasn't me, hiding behind a character.

I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.

An actor has to embody a role.

I'm always having to be told to brush my hair.