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Characters who have some kind of free rein on their darker selves are always fun because they've taken the license off. You just get to fill out all the colors.

From James Frain

Sometimes it's fun to be the guy who doesn't know that he's bad, like the character I played in 'True Blood'.

From James Frain

I've got this thing where I think great shows have great credit sequences. I don't know why that is, exactly.

From James Frain

I was watching the last season of 'Mad Men,' and they're now so in their characters and they're so comfortable in their characters, and they're doing such good work. That can only happen from doing it over and over, and developing a character over seven years.

From James Frain

Bruges is a beautiful medieval city almost untouched by time. If you like jazz, you will be well catered for. If you like chocolate and beer, you will be in heaven.

From James Frain

As movies and TV projects come up, they go out to the agents, and we just go out and audition for them.

From James Frain

The problem with trying to make a film good and have it work for an audience is the problem of trying to tell a story well. The shape or the color of it doesn't matter.

From James Frain

Now it's all about the word of mouth, and watching a series on Netflix. That's the way people actually consume this stuff now, instead of waiting for a DVD release you're not really sure you want to buy. And I think it's fantastic, because then I can watch the shows that I missed, over a weekend. I love doing that.

From James Frain

'X-Files' wasn't a big show in England.

From James Frain

'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.

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