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James Holzier & I: The Interview

Posted by taylor blue on February 24, 2009
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James Holzier is one of those movie stars that I have always wanted to meet. He is humble in every sense of the word. I published one article on him and the girls flocked to see it. So now I finally got a chance to interview James last week and I have to say I can see why they find him so lovable. He is so open and very funny. The interview went on for a long time, and honestly he was so easy to talk to I could have been interviewing him all night. Here are the questions I asked…and his answers.

On what inspired him to be an actor: I can just tell you ever since I was real little it is just something I have always gravitated towards. I just love it. I mean, my earliest memories I recall doing performances in front of my parents. Of course, they seemed to laugh at a lot of those. A lot of them involved lip syncing to Boyz II Men or things like that. In school, I used to day dream about acting and so I would do commercials and all things like that. I have just always felt it. It is what I love and it has been like that since they day I was born…

On if James sings as well as acting: I act…it is what I love but the lip syncing was just something that I did for fun when I was growing up. I have two older sisters and so I never had the chance to listen to what I wanted to listen to on the radio. So I would always just dance and sing to what they were listening to. But that is just me being me..Really I have been doing nothing but acting, that is what I love. That is what I get. I can’t explain it any better than like someone really loving baseball or basketball or reporting or singing or teaching or anything no matter what it is. But acting is it….

On the struggles James has been through: I could be here forever talking about them. Honestly. It is hard, cause I would list them to you and I will just name a couple. But what I believe honestly Taylor…is that we all have struggles. Whoever we are. We all have struggles in life. And if we don’t we aren’t human. Especially us having struggles to be what we want to be or be where we want to do. That is what unifies us….

But for me…I mean I was never even supposed to be born. My parents were told they would never have anymore kids after my sisters. The doctors told them it was IMPOSSIBLE. Then doctors told them when I was born I wouldn’t even survive. AT ALL. And I just think from the beginning it shows you nothing is impossible. Nothing. Growing up it seemed I always faced obstacles of people doubting me or not believing in me and that is okay because it makes you stronger.

On what kind of scripts pull him in: I really don’t have a kind of script that pulls me in. Honestly I have had lots of opportunities to be in films and do roles that came to me, but I just can’t do anything that I don’t believe in. I can’t sell myself for something I don’t believe in. All the things you mention, I can and will do but all that matters is that I believe in it. Those are the ones that draw me in and the ones that pull me in.

On the actors/actresses he looks up to: I look up to a lot of people but for different reasons. Mostly because of how they inhabit a role. I admire actors and actresses for different reasons too. One could be because how they convey emotion or in their body language or how each role is so different from the last. Or how they are so likable it all depends. But one person that I will point out that I look up to and somewhat can relate too is James Dean. I can relate to a lot of his background and his struggles and his emotion. I look up to him, but there are others like Johnny Depp because I respect his choices. (Daniel Day Lewis and Meryl Streep were also on the list.)

More of his interview and more pictures after the jump…

On his new movie he is in Live For Us: This is something I have been waiting for for a while. The right role. Like I said I had opportunities to do a lot of things but I didn’t pursue them. Because I have been waiting for the right script. The right film. And as soon as I read this script I knew it. It is something anybody will be able to identify to and something that I really believe in. Live For Us, is a great young modern age love story. We start filming very soon! Kind of like Rebel Without A Cause and the great movie Serendipity. It is a great story. Very powerful moving, identifiable, and great.

On his fans and popularity: I am so grateful for the fans. I really am. Honestly, I can never tell you how much that means to me or because of that how important that is. It is ALL about them. Like all about them. I wouldn’t be where I was if it wasn’t for them.

All I know is all my decisions I make and doing this film and everything going on is because and to them. I don’t know how to explain it. I don’t deal with the popularity I just be myself…and everything else is just gratefulness. I love them!! (There you go girls, he loves you!!)

On where he sees himself in 5 years: I know a lot is planned out and going on right now. With this movie coming up and 2 other pictures following after that it is endless. A lot is going on and but in 5 years as long as I am being true to me I know I will be in the right place, I know I will be happy and that is all that matters to me. I just hope people can look at me read about me or whatever and they can know they can do anything whoever they are…. no matter what. It’s that simple.

James was amazing and I’m glad I was able to talk to him. Don’t worry though because this isn’t the last interview I will have with him. When his movie comes out I’ll be right there to talk to him. He reminds me in these pictures of a young Ryan Gosling. I know he will be just as popular too.

All images courtesy James Holzier for use on TEN Gossip.com.