James Woods insists "the future feels hopeful" - despite the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles

The Hollywood star wrote on X: "The most nourishing strategy for recovery is helping your neighbors going forward. The folks on my street are reaching out to each other and already the future feels hopeful. So many friends have helped us spiritually, and we now can "pay it forward." Sounds corny, but it works. (sic)"

James recently admitted to feeling "happy and grateful" after his home survived the wildfires.

The actor initially assumed that his property had been destroyed - but James felt a huge sense of relief when he returned to his neighbourhood and discovered that his home was still standing.

The actor wrote on X: "A miracle has happened. We managed to get to our property and our home, that we were told is gone forever, is still standing. In this hellish landscape "standing" is relative, but smoke and other damage is not like the utter destruction around us."

Despite this, James admitted to having mixed feelings, with so many of his neighbours having lost their homes in the wildfires.

He wrote on the micro-blogging platform: "So many beautiful messages from all of you. I'm so happy and grateful, but honestly the entire area looks like the dark side of the moon. It's so fundamentally gut-wrenching and upsetting, it's almost hard to celebrate the joyous news that our home survived."

James expressed sympathy for his neighbours who lost their homes in recent days.

He said: "One side untouched, the other utter destruction. While we rejoice to find our house intact, in the midst of a hellscape like this, you can only think of your neighbors. I was so certain our house was gone a day ago, but the fickle finger of fate decided otherwise. (sic)"