John Malkovich Quotes

I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy.

John Malkovich

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• Women don't give up things. They don't give up responsibilities. They add new things. They exhaust themselves and still don't give anything up. And. And. And. And. And they do all these other things at the same time, which can be exhausting.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Up
  • Time
  • Women

• Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • People
  • Words
  • English

• The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.

  

  Carlton Cuse
  • Single
  • Ideas
  • Yourself

• Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I thought his performance in 'Greenberg' was extraordinary.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Love
  • Friend
  • Thought

• Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Great
  • Kids
  • See

• Amazon has historically been a bully, and I don't shop there. But I love Goodreads. For the record.

  

  Edan Lepucki
  • Record
  • Bully
  • Historically

• People aren't inherently sympathetic.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • People
  • Sympathetic

• I tried out for my basketball team every year and I never made it. You had to buy the shoes before you knew if you were on the team because it took a few weeks for them to ship. I bought the shoes every year, never once made the team, had a ton of high school basketball shoes.

  

  Adam DeVine
  • School
  • High
  • Team

• This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.

  

  Earl Derr Biggers
  • Like
  • Unexpected
  • Aggressive

• I can say that I don't compete with others and only with myself because I do so many films.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Myself
  • I Can
  • Others

• I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch.

  

  Tamer Hassan
  • Man
  • Judge
  • Shoes

• Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?

  

  Sade Adu
  • World
  • Food
  • Lost

• Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house.

  

  Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
  • Time
  • Music
  • Writing

• I can't argue my way out of a paper bag.

  

  Gabriel Macht
  • Way
  • Paper
  • Bag

• Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Meaning
  • Storytelling

• I don't support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of the civilian refugee.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Music
  • War
  • Support

• Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Life
  • Up
  • Animal

• I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended...The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • May

• Life doesn't have a neat beginning and a tidy end, life is always going on. You should begin in the middle and end in the middle, and it should be all there.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Life
  • Beginning

• Working with Hirani sir is a big thing for me. At least in my resume, I'll have a mention of his name in my filmography.

  

  Karishma Tanna

• In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.

  

  Lee Byung-hun
  • Good
  • Different

• I got my start by giving myself a start.

  

  Sarah Breedlove
  • Giving

• If you think about it, if you've ever been to a Catholic service, it's practically a laser light show. It's very dramatic, very theatrical. The outfits they wear, it's all designed to be impressive.

  

  Win Butler
  • Light
  • Service
  • Catholic

• I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy.

  

  John Malkovich