James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Last Day of Summer, Casino, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won three Emmy Awards, and has gained two Academy Award nominations. He is also well known for appearing several times in the comedy animated series Family Guy, as well as the voice of Hades in Disney's Hercules.
Woods was born in Vernal, Utah. His father, Gail Peyton Woods, was an army intelligence officer who died in 1960 following routine surgery. His mother, Martha A. (née Smith), operated a pre-school after her husband's death and later married Thomas E. Dixon. Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he attended Pilgrim High School.
Woods chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at MIT, where he majored in political science (though he originally planned on a career as an eye surgeon). While at MIT, Woods pledged to Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He was also an active member of the student theatre group "Dramashop" where he both acted in and directed a number of plays. He dropped out of MIT 1969 before his graduation in order to pursue a career in acting. Woods has said that he became an actor because of the father of actor Ben Affleck, Tim Affleck, who was a stage manager at the Theatre Company of Boston while Woods was a student there.
Plot
Lt. Ramsey Hunter's life changes when 3 cases hit him simultaneously. A rogue Cop Killer, a beautiful Tennessee runaway serial killer and his corrupt Police Captain boss blackmailing him. But only one of the cases leads him to an ending of universal truth.
Don’t ask me how my day went
I’m beat and all my energy’s spent
Feels like the whole world wants to use me
I need to hear your voice soothe me
Softly tell me
Why don’t you
Whisper my worries away
Wrap your arms round my waist
Put your lips close to my ear
Tell me words I want to hear
Baby you know just what to say
To whisper my worries away
Work your wonders on my heart
And we’ll make the most of the dark
Cover me in kisses like fresh fallen snow
Lay with me, melt into my soul
No-one talks to my heart quite the way you do
When you wake me every morning, I love how you
Whisper my worries away
Wrap your arms round my waist
Put your lips close to my ear
Tell me words I want to hear
Baby you know just what to say
The evening’s over
Another day turned out grey
I sit thinking of my lover
Who is many miles away
Should rather keep on walking
As I stumble ’cross the floor
Almost hear my lover’s talking
I see the shadow at the door
I will follow after
When the time is right
And I’ve made up my mind
Just take the night away
Take the night away
I’ll be movin’ on
In the early morning
It’s gonna be all right
All right now
Just take the night away
Take the night away
I’ll be movin’ on
Too weak to hurt each other
Too late to change the time
Are you looking for another
I see you dancing through the wine
I will follow after
When the time is right
And I’ve made up my mind
Just take the night away
Take the night away
I’ll be movin’ on
In the early morning
It’s gonna be all right
All right now
Just take the night away
Take the night away
I’ll be movin’ on
Take the night away
Take the night away
I’ll be movin’ on
Take the night away
I know that there’s much to say
I know how much the rain’s coming down today
But the walk was always on my mind
And I know it’s hard to get me there at times
Say what in the middle of the night
And my body’s lying next to me
And my heart is on the side
Say what when you call my name
And I wonder where you are
And I wonder if this is some kind of game
What kind of game
Midnight strikes what can I say to you
Your standing there waiting for me to move
Where do I go what do you want me to do
Cause I know this isn’t really you
Say what in the middle of the night
And my body’s lying next to me
And my heart is on the side
Say what when you call my name
And I wonder where you are
And I wonder if this is some kind of game
What kind of game
Say what in the middle of the night
And my body’s lying next to me
And my heart is on the side
Say what when you call my name
And I wonder where you are
And I wonder if this is some kind of game
Busses out everybody’s walking,
Looking for a place to go,
Sun is out shining in places,
But the way they wanna go,
And it’s time they made up their minds,
As to where they’re going,
Cause there path is coming to an end
But I’ve got to let you know
That everywhere you go
People moving every direction,
And it’s time we went to them,
But I’ve got to know where you are,
And now that we’re gonna get moving
People got to make up there minds,
To be where we are
Rivers flowing everybody’s talking,
About a place they really wanna go to,
But the ride aint that easy,
Crossing channels up and down the way path,
Making days up every time they go past,
Time speeding by
But they’ve got to get there
No matter how hard they try
People moving every direction,
And it’s time we went to them,
But I’ve got to know where you are,
And now that we’re gonna get moving
People got to make up there minds,
To be where we are
People moving every direction,
And it’s time we went to them,
But I’ve got to know where you are,
And now that we’re gonna get moving
People got to make up there minds,
To be where we are
Where we are
Where we are
Oh where we are
Where we are
Hey there small town
Take a look around
Trumpets sound, walls fall down
Broken on the ground
I’m leaving, while I’m still breathing
Hey there small town
I can’t stay
I broke the chains, no remains
I have to run away,
I’m leaving, while I’m still breathing
I’m leaving, while I’m still breathing
I’m in flames
calling calling calling out your name
I’m in flames
Buring burning burning in my brain
Can’t stop the flames
Hey there small town
You tied me down
See like them be like them
Coloured grey and brown
I’m leaving, while I’m still breathing
So long small town
You can’t hold me
City lights are burning bright
You don’t control me
I’m leaving, while I’m still breathing
I’m leaving, while I’m still breathing
I’m in flames
calling calling calling out your name
I’m in flames
Buring burning burning in my brain
Can’t stop the flames
Girlfriend pats her tummy,
She’s gonna be a mummy
And Daddy’s got a job for you my son
You got nowhere
And you got nowhere else to run
You got nowhere
And you got nowhere else to run
I’m in flames
calling calling calling out your name
I’m in flames
Buring burning burning in my brain
Can’t stop the flames
You, you didn’t want to, want to know,
You didn’t listen when it hurt,
You were so distant,
On the horizon it seemed.
I, I was a dreamer, just like you,
Maybe your dream came true,
I was left with only my dreaming,
Fading like evening into night.
And all my love for you,
You hold it in your hands,
You watch it turn to dust,
And die away,
Die away.
We, we knew our future, never a doubt,
We had it all mapped out,
We had a chance, but you don’t remember,
You’ve just erased that memory,
But it’s still with me.
And all my love for you, (all of my love for you, you hold it)
You hold it in your hands, (holding it in your hands, my love for you)
You watch it turn to dust,
And die away,
Die away.
The plans we made when we were young,
So certain now that you’ve undone,
You’ve caused me pain but you don’t care,
All our cards thrown in the air.
You watch it turn to dust,
And die away, die away.
And all my love for you,
You hold it in your hands,
You watch it turn to dust,