james woods on leno - has he gone banana /ape shit crazy

[kid a]

he's babbling nonsense

[AspenRose]

1. Well...he has been known to go on Hannity's radio show

Maybe that explains some things.

[RebelOne]

27. A lot of Democrats have been on Hannity's show.

So what does that prove?

[leftchick]

30. woods is a repuke

and proudly so.

[NewJeffCT]

33. I remember Woods praising Bush for his post 9/11 restraint

I'm not joking. Woods basically said he would have nuked everybody, so any response less than that was restraint.

[leftchick]

34. he is a nut job

no doubt about it.

[KelleyKramer]

2. Like what?

Help out the cube rats and/or tv impared ... ??

[SoCalDem]

3. Yes.. he's been that way for a long time..n/t

[BuyingThyme]

4. Is he chasing down al Qaeda again?

[pitohui]

5. didn't see it but he's mad as hatter isn't he?

he claimed he saw atta et al practicing for 911 on a flight he took and that he told the fbi to no avail

if it's true he's prob. mad w. grief that he couldn't stop what happened

if it's not true he's been insane w. some attention-seeking disease for an awfully long time

maybe he should just stick to his busy schedule of promoting hollywood poker and his celebrity poker blog :eyes:

[renate]

6. it's true, according to Seymour Hersh

"Several weeks before the attacks, the actor James Woods was in the first-class section of a cross-country flight to Los Angeles. Four of his fellow-passengers were well-dressed men who appeared to be Middle Eastern and were obviously travelling together. "I watch people like a moviemaker," Woods told me. "As in that scene in 'Annie Hall'"-—where Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are sitting on a bench in Central Park speculating on the personal lives of passers-by. "I thought these guys were either terrorists or F.B.I. guys," Woods went on. "The guys were in synch—dressed alike. They didn't have a drink and were not talking to the stewardess. None of them had a carry-on or a newspaper. Nothing.

"Imagine you're at a live-music event at a small night club and you're standing behind the singer. Everybody is clapping, going along, enjoying the show— and there's four guys paying no attention. What are they doing here?" Woods concluded that the men were "casing" the plane. He said that his concern led him to hang on to his cutlery after lunch. He shared his worries with a flight attendant. "I said, 'I think this plane is going to be hijacked.' I told her, 'I know how serious it is to say this,' and asked to speak to the captain." The flight attendant, too, was concerned. The plane's first officer came over immediately and assured Woods that he and the captain would keep the door to the cockpit locked. The remainder of the trip was bumpy but uneventful, and Woods recalled laughingly telling his agent, who asked about the flight, "Aside from the terrorists and the turbulence, it was fine.

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020603fa_FACT

[radwriter0555]

8. James Woods is a nutcase like Jeff "skunk" baxter, imagining he's inserted

himself into world dramas.

Woods is a psychotic lunatic and a crappy actor.

No one takes him seriously or wants to be around him. He's off the deep end.

He didn't see shit on a plane.

[EstoniaKat]

35. According to Snopes ...

You couldn't be more wrong.

Woods -- Terrorists on a Plane

[radwriter0555]

37. lol yeah woods "reported" this crap all right.. but none of it's been

confirmed.

Let's see the tickets, the boarding passes and the names of these guys.

And let's have the dates they flew on and the flight numbers.

Show us anything that could actually be verified, because I'm sure not going to take Woods' word for it.

Woods is a certifiable nut case.

[baldguy]

40. "Woods concluded that the men were 'casing' the plane."

In his professional opinion as - an actor? Of course! Actors are known far and wide for their abilities in investigative law enforcement techniques.

[Diogenes2]

7. James Woods is a talented actor...

& I used to think he was kind of a hip, sharp-witted person, too. He is now one of those sad, mystifying cases of a once-intelligent celebrity driven insane by the Bush administration-- he has literally thought himself into some kind of monomaniacal mental cul de sac, & we may never see him come back out. Regrettable.

[pitohui]

9. i agree

i think he's a terrific actor but unfortunately i don't think being terrific at pretending to be other people is good for one's sanity and he's really lost it

they can't all be tom hanks and john cusack :-(

[Rageneau]

10. Woods is a so-so actor and a below-average poker player.

[TheWatcher]

12. Haven't seen him play poker

But watch Salvador and Videodrome and you might change your tune.

As for the person in real life, I am afraid he's lost.

Very sad.

[pitohui]

13. what table/limits does he play on?

i notice the support at hollywood poker won't tell you, they just say when he's logged on

below average is the kind of player i need to be playing :-)

liked him fine as an actor but if he's fishy i'll take his $$$ !!!

you can PM me if you don't want to post this in a public forum, heh heh, who knows maybe one day i'll be in position to do the same for you?

[FormerDittoHead]

36. Here's some trivia: Woods scored 1580 on the SAT's.

YEARS AGO, that came out in an interview on Jay Leno. Leno asked, "Is it true you scored 1580 on the SAT's"? Woods said yes, but didn't make anything of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Woods

[TheWatcher]

11. This is painful to hear

Because he's done a lot of great work, and he really IS a talented actor. But like the poster above me said, it is a shame to see what he has deteriorated to. If he's talking this kind of insanity, someone who cares about him should get the poor lad some HELP.


Woods isn't the only actor this has happened to though. It seems the events of the past five years and the environment it has left us with has driven many to madness.

Dennis Miller is one of the more prime examples. Bruce Willis to a lesser extent (Although he was on shaky ground to begin with). Ron Silver is another.

But what has happened to Woods is breathtaking.

These are not sane times we live in.

AT ALL.

[pitohui]

14. i think bruce willis was always an asshat

altho i still love him in 12 monkeys

[TheWatcher]

16. Oh I SO agree

Although Brad Pitt truly out shined him in that one.

I still have a soft spot for Die Hard With A vengeance, ONLY because of Samuel L. ("Get This Mother____ Republican, out of my Mother_____ Movie!!!!")

Also there is of course Pulp Fiction, but again he was pretty out shined by others in that film as well. (Including Samuel L.)

Fifth Element and Unbreakable are very good as well (Although he was out shined YET AGAIN in those by other actors), as well as The Sixth Sense.

Come to think of it, the movies he has been successful in have been in SPITE of him, not BECAUSE of him.

On a last note, I watched The Siege the other night, and seeing that movie again after all that has happened these past five years brings THAT movie into a whole different light. If you get a chance, watch it. It's very chilling now.

[LaPera]

15. Woods is a repug, ala, Ron Silver, Dennis Miller, Dennis Hopper-See more

Cheryl Ladd, Bo Derek, Heather Locklear, Shannon Doherty, Brittney Spears...Bruce Willis, Tom Selleck, Mel Gibson, Tom Beringer, Arnold, Sly....Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent...

ALL has beens....Shirley Jones, Florence Henderson, Marie Osmond, Susan Howard, Delta Burke....

Anyone else...

Danny Aiello (Act)

Kim Alexis (Act)

Denise Austin (Sports)

Alan Autry (Act/Fresno,CA Mayor)

Bob Backlund (Wrestler/Pol. candidate)

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Music)

Orson Bean (Act)

Catherine Bell (Act)

Belamy Brothers (Music)

Tom Beringer (Act)

Jan Berry of "Jan and Dean" (Music)

Clint Black (Music)

Lisa Hartman Black (Act)

Ernest Borgnine (Act)

Bruce Boxleitner (Act)

George Brett (Sports)

Jack Buck (Sports)

Jim Bunning (Sports/KY US Senator)

Delta Burke (Act)

Kirk Cameron (Act)

Drew Carey (Act) (Libertarian)

Dixie Carter (Act)

Nell Carter (Act)

Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey of "KC and the Sunshine Band" (Music)

Tom Clancy (Author)

Harry Connick Jr (Music/Act) (Democrat)

Robert Conrad (Act)

Charlie Daniels (Music)

Tony Danza (Act)

Doris Day (Act)

Bo Derek (Act)

C.C. Deville (Music)

Mike Ditka (Sports)

Shannon Doherty (Act)

Jerry Doyle (Act/Pol. cand.)

Fred Dryer (Sports/Act)

Leslie Easterbrook (Act)

Clint Eastwood (Act) (Libertarian)

Buddy Ebsen (Act)

John Elway (Sports)

Chad Everett (Act)

Brett Favre (Sports)

Glenn Ford (Act)

Haden Fry (Sports)

John Gavin (Act/fmr. Amb. to Mexico)

Crystal Gayle (Music)

Sarah Michelle Gellar (Act)

Joe Gibbs (Sports)

Mel Gibson (Act)

Clarence Gilyard (Act)

Rev. Billy Graham (Religious)

Kelsey Grammar (Act)

Fred Grandy (Act/Fmr. IA Congressman)

Merle Haggard (Music)

George Hamilton (Act)

Paul Harvey (Radio)

Patricia Heaton (Act)

Charlton Heston (Act)

Catherine Hicks (Act)

Hal Holbrook (Act)

Bob Hope (Act)

Dennis Hopper (Act)

Susan Howard (Act)

Dale Jarrett (Sports)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Wrestler/Act)

Jimmy Johnson (Sports)

Christine Jones

Shirley Jones (Act)

Jeff Kent (Sports)

Bobby Knight (Sports)

Yaphet Kotto (Act)

Steve Largent (Sports/OK Congressman & future Governor)

John Larroquette (Act) (questionable)

Tommy Lasorda (Sports)

Jerry "The King" Lawler (Wrestler/Act/Pol. cand.)

Al Leiter (Sports)

Meat Loaf (Music/Act)

Anne Lockhart (Sports)

Heather Locklear (Act)

Mike Love (Music)

George Lucas (Director) (questionable)

David Lynch (Director)

Loretta Lynn (Music)

Norm MacDonald (Act)

Karl "The Mailman" Malone (Sports)

Barbara Mandrell (Music)

Louise Mandrell (Music)

Jackie Mason (Comedian/Act)

Johnny Mathis (Music)

Charles McCord (of Imus In the Morning)

Reba McEntire (Music/Act)

Bernard McGuirk (of Imus In the Morning)

Don McLean (Music)

Linda McMahon (Sports)

Gerald McRaney (Act)

Al Michaels (Sports)

John Milius (Director)

Lorrie Morgan (Music)

Julianne Morris (Act)

Wendy Moten (Music)

Jim Nabors (Act)

Wayne Newton (Act)

Chuck Norris (Act)

Ted Nugent (Music)

Gary Numan (Music)

The Oak Ridge Boys (Music)

Mike Oldfield (Music)

Gary Oldman (Act)

Tom Osborne (Sports/now NE Congressman)

Ken Osmond (Act)

Marie Osmond (Music/Act)

Fess Parker (Act)

Jameson Parker (Act)

Joe Paterno (Sports)

Joe Pesci (Act)

Richard Petty (Sports/Pol. cand.)

Regis Philbin (Act)

John Popper (Music)

Laura Prepon (Act)

Nancy Davis Reagan (Act/First Lady)

Ronald Reagan (Act/Governor/President)

Dana Rohrabacher (CA Congressman)

Roseanne (Act)

Kurt Russell (Act) (Libertarian)

Pat Sajak (Act)

Pete Sampras (Sports)

Rick Schroeder (Act)

Jon Secada (Music)

Tom Selleck (Act)

Paul Shanklin (Satirist)

Ricky Skaggs (Music)

Paul Sorvino (Act)

Robert Stack (Act)

Nancy Stafford (Act)

Ben Stein (Act)

George Steinbrenner (Sports)

Shirley Temple-Black (Act/fmr. Ambassador)

Dave Thomas (Act) (SCTV, not Wendy's)

Fred Thompson (Act/TN US Senator)

Dean Torrance of "Jan and Dean" (Music)

Joe Torres (Sports)

Travis Tritt (Music)

Janine Turner (Act)

Val Venis (Wrestler)

Jimmy (J.J.) Walker (Act/Radio)

Darrell Waltrip (Sports)

Julius Caesar "J.C." Watts, Jr. (Sports/OK Congressman)

Patrick Wayne (Act)

Ann Wedgeworth (Act)

Lisa Whelchel (Act)

Cindy Williams (Act)

Hank Williams Jr. (Music)

Ted Williams (Sports)

Martha Williamson (Producer)

Noble Willingham (Act/Pol. cand.)

Bruce Willis (Act)

Tiger Woods (Sports)

BeBe Wynans (Music)

CeCe Wynans (Music)

ZZ Top (Music)

Most country singers and NASCAR drivers are conservatives

95% of the PGA tour is conservative

All the conservative radio talk show hosts

[TheWatcher]

17. We could start a new TV Sports Show with these asshats

Battle Of The Has Been Republicans. :)

[GreenTea]

18. Some of the names on this long list surprised me-

However, it is an old list.

[Brian Stevens]

19. And some are wrong

Dwayne The Rock Johnson is a Zel Miller Democrat

Clint Eastwood is a Eisenhower Republican

George Lucas is a liberal

Don McClean is liberal

Roseanne is Liberal

Johnny Mathis is Libertarian

Glenn Ford died conservative, but was a life long democrat. A HUGE JFK supporter.

Val Venis (Real name- Sean Moorely) is a libertarian

Tiger Woods is actually an independent

[Cameron27]

24. And...

Harry Connick Jr (Music/Act) (Democrat) .... on the wrong list?

[lakeguy]

20. looks like we found a few more recruits for Iraq! nt

[HornBuckler]

21. I draw contention with only two on your list

Gary Numan and Merle Haggard - Merle may have Conservative ties as a young man, but I believe he has changed whole-heartedly - Numan, on the other hand, is homosexual and find it hard/odd to believe (although, I base this on nothing other than the fact that he is gay and I like his music :) )

please enlighten.

edit :typo

edit : I base my knowledge on Merle on the Bob Dylan/Merle tour in which (I saw them 3 times) bashed the shit out of Bush during his concert.

[Frank Cannon]

23. Gary Numan is gay?

He's married to a woman (Gemma O'Neill) and has two kids! :shrug:

[HornBuckler]

26. Holy Shit!!!

I did some research and it appears you are right - sorry. my bad.

He just has such a HUGE gay/Lesbian following - I guess I'm an idiot! :)

[Frank Cannon]

28. It's all right. I've done that before, too.

I SWORE that I read somewhere that Johnny Depp was gay. I was quite surprised to find out that he isn't either.

[HornBuckler]

29. Yes I stand corredcted....

thanks for understanding - been listening to him for 20 yrs and always thought he was gay - no big deal - I am upset to hear that he's a Repub - never mind being gay.........

[Raine]

22. Roseanne is not a repuke

some of those are very WRONG.

[RebelOne]

25. Roseanne is definitely not a repuke.

Where did this list come from?

[arenean]

31. Mike Oldfield?

Is Mike Oldfield a conservative?! OK, he was always a little "odd", but he lived in a hippy commune in the 70s (around the time of "Ommadawn"). Can't believe he changed THAT much....

[ShortnFiery]

32. I can honestly comment, upon reflection ...

I'm not surprised that any of the above are Republicans.

However, there's a few personas that are easy to tolerate as they are "Our Father's" type of republican and not total authority lovin', fundy preachin', hate spewin' nutcases.

James Woods is sipping the Koolaid ... always has, always will.

[Theres-a]

39. Not Dennis Hopper!

AND David Lynch? Say it ain't so.......

[LTR]

42. Dennis Hopper is a big time Repug

Quite a few names on this list, however, are a stretch. I've seen this before, and people assume because some of these people donated $200 to some obscure Repug (like a neighbor or family friend, as is often the case), that makes them a Repug.

Clint Eastwood is not very open politically (though he was mayor of Carmel, CA, but was not affiliated with any party, as far as I know). He mildly defended the stars of his movie "Mystic River" (which was very good, BTW) - Sean Penn and Tim Robbins - as they spoke their minds. Eastwood seems to prefer staying out of the whole political debate.

Hopper has been pro-Bush big time for awhile, so he's confirmed (sorry).

Some of these people, like Cameron, Welchel and Gibson, are merely hardcore fundies. They don't always go hand-in-hand.

John Popper of Blues Traveler only sides with the GOP on guns. He's a gun enthusiast.

And many of these guys are pretty quiet about it, so that doesn't matter to me.

Of course, some are vocal about being conservative, like Selleck, Carey, Willis, Nugent, Silver, etc.

And since when is Dana Rohrabacher a celeb? :wtf:

Oh, and George Lucas IS NOT A REPUBLICAN! Very far from it.

This list is partially flawed, and much of it can easily be debunked.

[Leopolds Ghost]

43. On the other hand, Dennis Hopper is the PERFECT Republican actor

Not macho+cuddly persona like Schwarzennegger has adopted.

Just strait nutcase.

One of the reasons the movie EASY RIDER was so controversial is that Hopper was a maniac on and off the set. He wasn't really acting.

People assume because Dennis Hopper played a couple famous countercultural roles parodying wackos in indie movies that he must be a Democrat. But they aren't parodies -- Hopper really did fuck himself up on drugs and become a paranoid, aggressive nutcase, which is the role he played in Easy Rider and variations thereof in later movies.

The most perfect Republican character Hopper's ever played was the villain in Waterworld -- who lives on an oil tanker (on a planet destroyed by global warming) and sponsors jetski demolition derbys.

I wonder if Bush refers to oil as "go-juice"... no wait, he refers to something else...

[zbdent]

41. Wait a minute, did you steal that list from Freepturdia, or from

VH1's "Where are they now?" shows?

[Libby2]

38. He always has been batshit crazy.

[Sugarcoated]

44. Just cause he's a rightie

doesn't mean he didn't see what he saw. I think it's possible and being a Bush supporter doesn't disqualify that it could be.