Don Johnson Quotes

United States, Actor
December 15, 1949

Donald Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor, producer, director, singer, and songwriter. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, for which he is a Golden Globe–winning actor. He also had the eponymous lead role in the 1990s cop series Nash Bridges. He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Johnson was the American Power Boat Association's 1988 World Champion of the Offshore World Cup.

Also known as Producer, Director, Singer-Songwriter

They still need to keep working at getting people to recognize it as an artsy place. There's the potential for Windward, but it's going to take some of the big landowner merchants realizing what we realize: that art pays for itself.

Don Johnson
- People
- Art
- Recognize
It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

Don Johnson
- Good
- Movie
- Rock

I think one of the reasons we haven't seen more of an official response to this is that the signs aren't offensive in any way.

Don Johnson
- I Think
- Response
- Reasons
I do what I can to make young people understand that drugs can destroy their lives. I'm the perfect example of what people can accomplish when they have regained a sane body and spirit.

Don Johnson
- People
- Perfect
- Spirit
It's my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I've done, and I am in most cases.

Don Johnson
- Done
- Job
- Proud
He's a character, ... So I take his parameters and don't infuse my issues or parameters one way or the other. He's a guy that is functioning drunk. He has what they call a traveling buzz. He might step out and have a short one at noon, but he never gets falling-down drunk.

Don Johnson
- Character
- Guy
- Issues
After a shaky last three to four years, we're definitely seeing more travel.

Don Johnson
- Travel
- Seeing
- Shaky
I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do.

Don Johnson
- Decision
- Poverty
- Actor

Hollywood is very much an industry town. Your life becomes caught up in all of the parties and this list and that list. That's not something that I respond well to.

Don Johnson
- Life
- Up
- Hollywood
The very nature of cool is that you think about it too much and it becomes uncool.

Don Johnson
- Nature
- Think
- Cool
My sweet ass has been in this car.

Don Johnson
- Car
- Sweet
You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.

Don Johnson
- Time
- Acting
- State
It doesn't seem like that's what (the board) wants to do now.

Don Johnson
- To Do
- Wants
- Board
The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side.

Don Johnson
- Romantic
- Artists
- Hide

I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar.

Don Johnson
- Music
- Guitar
- Depend
We're between a rock and a hard place because there is no site plan and we do not have A-1 zoning in the village.

Don Johnson
- Rock
- Village
- Site Plan