Actor James Jude Courtney stops by Motor City Comic Con

All right. I mean, what do you say about this guy? I mean, he is so well-known for being Michael Myers or The Shape in the Halloween franchise. Most recent, Halloween, Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends this weekend. He is back at Motor City Comic-Con. Autographs, pictures, talking to fans. Full disclosure, I'm hosting the panel today at Motor City Comic-Con at 4 o'clock with this guy. We're talking all things Halloween. Our friend James Jude Courtney is back. How are you? I'm doing great, man. How are you? It's good seeing you. Welcome back. Listen, what is it about this city? The city of Detroit, I feel like you come off in here, I know the fan base is big here, but you love this city. You know, there's a mural over by Henry the Hatter's, and I love the murals in Detroit. There's this young African-American kid, full natural, and he's got his fist in the air and he goes, they tried to bury us, not realizing we were seeds, right? And I look at that and I go, that's Detroit and that's me. You know what I mean? There's something about the city that's so filled with life. And then you go out to Novi, which is, you know, one of our great suburbs for Motor City Comic Con. And that's always a fun experience. So, listen, it's been a couple of years since the Halloween films. You have been writing films, working on various projects. Thanks for having me. And where are things at right now? What's next for James? Well, you know, to me, it's more important to... To continue the quality that I got to work in. So I've been offered films that I've turned down. I'm grateful to the people who consider me. But this television thing I'm working on, the films I'm working on, we're dealing with several different entities. I think we can make impact, and that's why I'm here. You know what I mean? The impact that these Halloween films made on people's lives, I want to continue that. That's why I'm not worried about working on other little small films. My own projects. We're really important to me. It's funny because you and I talk often, and you will tell me, yeah, I got this offer, do this. In my mind, I'm always like, man, actors always say actors want to act, but you really want the right thing, too. I mean, you don't just want to just take anything just to take it. No, I think we have a response. Like you guys, we have a responsibility to bring truth and healing to the world. And the mediums of film and television, it's such an opportunity. So it's not about making money to me. It's about how do we, As human beings, affect our communities, our world. Anything surprise you? Listen, you did these Halloween films, obviously. You have been in Hollywood a really long time, too. But as you meet fans at events like this, what kind of things surprise you when they come up and talk to you? That you can talk about. Because I've seen people come up with, sign this, tattoo this. It's crazy. You know, it's a lot of love, man. It's a lot of love. And the takeaway from all of it is, Everything goes out the windows, race, sex, socioeconomics, political parties, religion. It's all just one single humanity, man, and it's a lot of love. Oddest thing anybody has asked you to sign? Unmentionable. Unmentionable? Okay. And how many Michael Myers masks do you see at a typical event like this? People will bring a mask and ask you, hey, will you sign this? Because, listen, I have one myself. I have it. It's one of my most treasured things to have your signature on a mask. But that's what you, like a Motor City Comic Con event, that's what you do. You meet kind of the heroes that you have in film and television, in comic books. And you get that interaction, that one-on-one. You know, I can't even tell you. And, by the way, masks are. Really hard to sign. Yeah. Really hard to sign. But that special moment that I get to spend with each fan, you know, look in their eyes and like see them as human beings and they see me as a human being. It brings it all down to reality. The great James Jude Courtney, Motor City Comic Con all this weekend in Novi, details are on Fox2Detroit.com. You can watch my coverage all weekend as well on Fox2 News Morning. That's tomorrow and Sunday. So take a look and we'll have some fun. Good day continues next.