Jim Mitchell
Height: 185 cm
Jim Mitchell (James Douglas Mitchell) was born at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. His father Douglas was originally a research engineer with Formica Corporation in Cincinnati ...Show More
I've seen people show up for auditions hungry, wearing worn-out clothes and near-homeless. Passed th Show more
I've seen people show up for auditions hungry, wearing worn-out clothes and near-homeless. Passed the time in the casting offices having conversations with so many-claiming they spent their last buck on bus or cab fare to get there, while making statements like: "If I don't get this part, I can't pay my bills!" (Or lose their apartment, get their car repo'd and so on-reminds me so much of William Holden's "Joe Gillis" character in "Sunset Blvd.") My heart always goes out to them for their determination to make it in this business and to follow their life's passion, but the odds are that most of them eventually give it up and go back home-forever wondering in their minds what might have been-but never to return to Los Angeles...The thought of quitting this business and going home in defeat, then facing bitterly-cold winters dealing with sick and dying livestock, frozen tanks of crude oil, vehicles buried up to the windshield in snow-not to mention what happens when the heat goes off in my house....Shattered toilet tanks. Hot-water tanks split wide open. Every bottle or can of "pop" or juice exploding in my kitchen. All the canned goods in the house burst wide open....Getting into my pickup in the morning-then finding out it won't start due to thief/pack rats chewing up all the electrical wires underneath the hood, or what's worse-driving down the road for a few miles-then noticing flames coming from the engine compartment-just before the windshield shatters from the heat....(Due to the rats building a huge nest of sticks, hay, paper cattle-feed sacks, and leaves on top of my engine exhaust manifolds overnight.) I can't imagine going back to that now. Hide
Many projects in Hollywood start off as a lie, but then rapidly evolve into reality.
Many projects in Hollywood start off as a lie, but then rapidly evolve into reality.
I love "improv" acting. I especially like seeing the director's face "light up" when I throw somethi Show more
I love "improv" acting. I especially like seeing the director's face "light up" when I throw something out there they can use. I frequently get up in the middle of the night and scribble down extra lines or situations to make my characters more interesting for the next day's shoot. Unfortunately, I don't seem to get my greatest "brainstorms" until about two days after I'm through working on a project! Hide
Many times on-set I think of all the "greats" that have traveled from "The Nations" where I grew up Show more
Many times on-set I think of all the "greats" that have traveled from "The Nations" where I grew up to try their luck at this industry and succeeded. Even as I speak my lines, I think about conversations I had with Ben Johnson and Gretchen Wyler years ago. So much incredible talent from one small area of Oklahoma. Tom Mix and Emmett Dalton and Will Rogers and so many more-the list is a long one. Although these people I've mentioned have all passed away, I imagine them standing just off-camera, coaching me, giving me much-needed advice and guiding me through each scene. Hide
A lot of people get the impression I'm some sort of Hollywood "party animal". Sure-I "network" like Show more
A lot of people get the impression I'm some sort of Hollywood "party animal". Sure-I "network" like everyone else in this business to snag acting gigs, but some would be surprised to find out after a Red Carpet event is over, I can usually be found standing in line by myself at Pink's Hot Dogs at LaBrea & Melrose or eating a meal at the nearest Seven-Eleven store-while sitting on the tailgate of my pickup! Someone should build a Sonic Drive-In in Hollywood! Hide
When the film business generates good income for me I'm overjoyed-it's nice to have a paycheck comin Show more
When the film business generates good income for me I'm overjoyed-it's nice to have a paycheck coming in. However, I never take it for granted, as Hollywood tends to be in a constant fluid state. I've seen more Hollywood "golden opportunities" vanish faster than an Oklahoma flash flood can wash away an oak tree. Hide
Although I'm a teetotaler, I've never been a "Carrie Nation" about alcohol. It's served me well on m Show more
Although I'm a teetotaler, I've never been a "Carrie Nation" about alcohol. It's served me well on many occasions over the years, especially as a fire-starter when burning off unwanted "brush piles" left over from clearing land with a bulldozer-or as a cleaning solution around the oilfield. In addition, pure "boot-leg" liquor tends to burn well in low-compression engines. Hide
Jim Mitchell's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (45)
