'Sall about James Marsters!
[Concerning Season Five]
"Now that I've embraced ignorance and sloth, they're threatening to make me work for my money. They're putting Spike more into the plot. Before, he was a dash of color off to the side, kind of an accent. For the first time, I'm in on what's going to happen and I'm finally privy to information I can't share As far as Spike this season, I have two words - more tail. He gets more tail, and he kicks more tail."
[On his hopes for his character, Spike]
"I just don't want them to stake me. When I came on the show, all I wanted was a good body count and a good death. I want to be struck by a train or something. I've got the body count, but I haven't been given the death, and that's even better."
[About Spike's current situation with the chip]
"I'm going around going, 'I'm evil, damn it. Even though I can't bite you, I'm evil!' But that frustration is wonderful to play. Trying to figure out how to ask for things. How do you ask for help when, basically, as a vampire, you get immediate gratification? Whatever you want, you take it. I mean, vampires don't carry wallets. They don't have cash. I like that coat -- you're dead. So having to deal with all the things that human beings have to deal with is interesting."
[Getting his hair bleached]
"Oh, aaargh! What I have to say is, if you ever meet a dyed-blond, man or woman, they've got (courage), I'll say that. Because they have to do it every 10 days. And, you know, the scalp would just peel right off after a while. My scalp would start to bleed. I'd be walking around after the dye job and a little puss-pocket would break and start dribbling down my forehead. It's like -- oh my gosh! And then your scalp starts to fall off. I mean, it peels. Big, thick clumps of it come out."
[Interview on thewb.com, 2001]
The WB: "What is it about Spike that makes him so irresistible?"
James: "He's a total contradiction. Going into it, Spike was really sweet to his girl, Drusilla. He really loved her and treated her like a queen. But, he's also a complete psychopathic demon from hell. He's the kind of guy who's inexplicable and interesting at the same time."
The WB: "Who do you like better: Spike the badass or Spike the sweetheart?"
James: "It's hard to say, man. Ask any actor what his ideal job would be, and hands down it's going to be the character who's all about kissing babes and killing guys. Ask the guys on Ally McBeal what they really want. They want to beat up some guy and take the girl. So that aspect of Spike is really fun. But what Joss [Whedon] is doing right now with the character is far more complex and interesting than that. So in the end, I'll have a whole lot more than just smashing heads into walls to be proud of."
[From E! Online Starboards]
"What is your shoe size?"
"Nine and a half."
[Interview on 92.5 Chicago]
Melissa: "James Marsten, Spike."
James: "Uh-"
Melissa: "Am I saying that right?"
James: "Uh, Marsters. Just think of mouse turds."
[On being an X-Phile]
"I was just talking about this this morning and bemoaning the fact that it probably won't happen just because I'm so busy now -- not that they're knocking down my door. I was hoping that I was going to get on X-Files, but I think this is their last year and I'm hip deep in Buffy. I would drop a lot to go do that show. They're all so well-written. I think I'd have fun doing anything they could think up for me."
