- James's father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (from Belarus, Russia, Romania, and Czechoslovakia). James's mother has English, German, Swiss-German, Irish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry.
- He enjoys horse riding, mountain climbing and martial arts.
- James performed in shows like Footloose and Les Miserables in his past and someday, he'd like to be a Broadway star.
- Has a lyric tenor vocal range and can sing at 3.2 octaves.
- James's favorite cake flavor is red velvet.
- When he was 6 years old he was in a terrible car crash that broke his skull, back, and a few more bones and almost got him paralyzed, but because he was so young, he healed very fast and a few months later he was doing everything that he loves like nothing happened. The doctor was surprised at this.
- James named his dogs (Fox and Falco) from characters off of Nintendo's Star Fox.
- He said another one of his favorite songs off the BTR album apart from "Halfway There" was "Worldwide".
- He likes Italian food.
- When he was younger he wanted to be an architect. His sister went to school for eight years to study to be an architect. He gave up after seeing all the math that went into it.
- James attended San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts after his dad gave him a choice to either get a horse or go to the performing arts school.
- He said his favorite chick flick is Bring It On (2000).
- He started acting when he was ten years old.
- It was revealed on Dancing With the Stars that he was bullied in his youth due to being a bit overweight.
- He had a 100lb yellow Labrador named Falco that passed away.
- He started living by himself when he was 17.
- He has a scar on his right arm because he was injured during a hockey stunt while filming.
- When he was younger he didn't want to act, he wanted to star in rodeos.
- His favorite board game is "Risk".
- He invented a game on the tour bus called "Elevated Foot Boxing".
- The craziest thing a BTR fan has ever done is sneak into his hotel room.
- James used to spend his summers as a kid at a camp called Rawhide Ranch, where he learned to ride and work horses.
- His favorite superheroes are Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Superman.
- He is slightly lactose intolerant.
- He has a crush on Emma Watson and he says that her accent is attractive.
- He starred as Maze in the Comedies For Kids show WildSide.
- He has a brother named Philip Maslow (now a doctor) and a sister named Ali Thom. In an interview James said that he would probably be an architect like his sister if he was not an actor or singer (or if it did not involve so much math).
- He says that he got a peck on the lips in third grade but sixth grade was his first real kiss.
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