Talk:James Spader

message: He attended Brooks Academy in Andover, where his parents both taught, and grew up on campus. i believe the citation of Pikes School is incorrectly quote from a magazine article.
As much as I agree, "most talented" could be considered point of view. Particularly when it seems it's preceded by weasel words. --Clementduval 00:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pike is K-9, Brooks (and Phillips Andover) is 9-12. I don't doubt that he may have lived at Brooks for some period of time, but he only attended a year there before transferring.. I've removed "the Spader family lived on the Brooks campus" because the "source" listed mentioned nothing of it. If it can be properly sourced, add it back. 71.202.238.214 (talk) 04:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: School

message: I got a "last warning" for "vandalizing" this page!!! All I did was adding the photo. what's wrong Yamla?
:Yes, in blatant and apparently deliberate violation of WP:FU.  --Yamla 19:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ???? Yamla

message: "Offbeat and private, Spader has always narrowly avoided mainstream success, but he is widely acclaimed as one of the most talented, albeit unwilling, actors of his generation."
How is he an "unwilling" actor? That makes no sense. The whole sentence is weird. Has he "avoided" mainstream success intentionally? Because that's what that phrasing sounds like. He doesn't want to be a successful actor...what, is it part of a prison work-release or something? I don't know a thing about this guy, but if no one has any objections, I'd like to take that sentence out, until someone else can figure out exactly what it's intended to say. -Randomglitter 01:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think they meant that he isn't concerned with starring in mainstream films and blockbusters. He takes films if he finds the material provocative, or he needs the money. Movies like Stargate and True Colors, he's explicitly said to be mostly money-driven projects. Obviously, that sentence is long gone, but I think his "If I find it erotic or need the money, I'll do it" philosophy might warrant note, since he's passed up opportunities to become a superstar.71.202.238.214 (talk) 04:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Huh?

message: Two different birthyears are given -- 1960 and 1961. Anybody know the right one? DavidOaks 22:13, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Age?

message: Does anyone know what brand of eyeglasses James Spader wears?
: A quick google search is probably your best bet for finding stuff like that.  P.S. you will want to sing all your future posts with a signature ! MaximusEditor (talk) 16:54, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Brand of Eyeglasses?

message: I really think the film Crash should be mentioned in this article. It was his most controvertial film and is often pointed out as a highlight of his career by critics. It won a  special prize for daring, audacity, and originality at the Golden Palm at the Festival de Cannes. 
Imthirsty22 23:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Crash

message: i don't know how to work it into the article, but i think that it's interesting and worth noting that Christian Clemenson (Jerry "Hands" Espenson) played Spader's brother in the film Bad Influence.69.212.157.241 (talk) 08:54, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is this interesting? Do they have some other, off-screen connection? —D. Monack talk 20:49, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad Influence/Christian Clemenson 

message: That section is seriously incomplete.  While it's true that Boston Legal is probably Spader's most visible role, he was hardly an unknown prior to the show (the guy was in Stargate, fercrissakes!) and therefore his career prior to 2006 should be addressed. --Funkmistress (talk) 02:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I edited it very, very preliminarily. It isn't extremely eloquent, but it's better than what was there before. Feel free to make it flow more.71.202.238.214 (talk) 04:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career? 

message: Instead of the "Weasel word"' how about something like "Some of his notable roles include ..." ? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 22:26, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perhaps.. 

message: I am working on gathering information to add to the Career, early life, and personal life. I also am going to back check most of the article and find quality references for the entire article. If there is anything else that anybody sees that needs to be changed feel free to let me know.
Propsed changes to James Spader 
Early Life 
Spader was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is the youngest of three children, including his two older sisters. His parents Jean (née Fraser) and Stoddard Greenwood "Todd" Spader are both retired teachers [9]
During his early education, he attended multiple private schools including The Pike School (where his mother taught Art) and later the Brooks School (where his father taught) in North Andover, Massachusetts for one year, [1]
He later transferred to Phillips Academy, which is the last Academy he attended because at the age of 17 in the 11th grade, Spader, dropped out, with his parents persmission, and moved to New York to pursue his acting career [9]
Spader grew up in a very liberal and progressive home which he says has effected his entire life. Spader said this about the three women he grew up around, “I was always around dominant and influential women, and that left a great impression." [2]
Personal Life
Spader has been a busy actor throughout the years as seen in all the films and TV series he has been in but he never lets that get in the way of his family. Spader said this about his personal life, “I refuse to let my home life and my life with my friends and my family be compromised by what it is I do for a living. I refuse to let that happen. As passionate as I feel about it, it's not worth sacrificing anything in my home life.” [5]
I have found some information on his early life and personal life from these references. 
http://www.biography.com/people/james-spader-21241255
http://www.eonline.com/news/569719/james-spader-reveals-his-childhood-sexual-fantasy-and-what-he-regrets-most-about-it
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/im-drawn-to-conflicted-characters-james-spader-on-playing-raymond-reddington-in-the-blacklist-2278710.html
 http://www.etonline.com/movies/159336_a_blonde_james_spader_talks_about_keeping_his_integrity_1990/
http://www.etcanada.com/tv/photos/8_things_you_didnt_about_james_spader.aspx#!75ffb70fcc1040c5d566a3b91ef92673
http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/04/real-life-james-spader-is-every-bit-as-strange-difficult-and-idiosyncratic-as-he-appears-on-tv/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3207483/James-Spader-goes-daddy-duty-heads-New-York-son-Nathaneal-girlfriend-Leslie.html
http://www.angelfire.com/film/james_spader/Press/Press15.htm
Feedback would be great --Joshewuh2 (talk) 21:02, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Joshewuh2! You mentioned that you wanted to add more information to the early life, personal life, and career sections of James Spader’s page. I think it would be helpful for you to start by focusing your research and editing on the early life and personal life sections first, which are currently pretty bare. After you have added this information, if you would still like to work on gathering information for the Career section, you may do so. I think this approach would help you make meaningful edits, while at the same time help you to even out the sections of his page so that one section does not have significantly more information than the others. I hope this suggestion gave you a little more direction moving forward and if you have any questions, feel free to comment! Kmccamy14 (talk) 19:46, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overall Clean up 

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message: How tall is James Spader? Teacher310A (talk) 23:42, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height 

message: hi
Lots of copypasta in a couple of paragraphs - the article needs going through to make sure there is not any more.
I will take a look later in the week if no one else does, but the paragraphs I corrected were whole sentences and paragraphs lifted from the ref. Chaosdruid (talk) 13:50, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have notified the original editor that added the copyvio material User_talk:Aaditee3#Copyright_violations Chaosdruid (talk) 14:03, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvios 

message: Western World security, ciberspace, satellite communications,
has been more relevant since 911 so they say! Spy stories,
identification, probably updated to us with wiki-leaks,
snowden,...
I suppose the Blacklist is as good as you can get it.
I am waiting for Season 7, and the update to Netflix of
Season 6.
The drama of the covert life and at the same time so human
mistakes, means really and truly, what doesn't the Government
know about this time!
Cheers.
(2001:569:777E:CF00:DDF8:7037:CA4E:D66D (talk) 23:57, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  7th February a coincidence 

message: he was in this movie 108.71.81.139 (talk) 10:46, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  1994 Movie WOLF