Sadistic James

The sadistic vampire, James. I personally think James is a good actor for what he's trying to do. I know that in some parts of the previews, his expressions are kind of strange, but it would be hard to be able to get that kind, almost nasty voice of his. Especially in the ballet scene:
"You really made it too easy. So, I'm going to make a little video of our time together."
He makes it sound as though he doesn't even care that he's about to kill Bella. He acts like he's happy to. It's pretty sick in the first place that he would even dare go against all the Cullens, especially Emmett. And Edward is fierce and everything, but the Cullens are a clan of 7 vampires, and James only has himself, Victoria, and Laurent. So, I personally don't understand why he would do that. Did he have a death wish?