John Malkovich Quotes

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.

John Malkovich

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• The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?

  

  Hal Sparks
  • People
  • Name
  • Saying

• I am just like Dr. Armaan - fun-loving, flirtatious, and tension-free. I am serious about my work, but apart from that, I am always playing pranks on people. As a viewer, I relate more to 'Dil Mill Gayye.'

  

  Karan Singh Grover
  • People
  • Work
  • Fun

• America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Work
  • America
  • Education

• Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Death

• When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
  • Europe
  • Phenomenon
  • Operas

• To be honest, I've just become a Steelers fan.

  

  Nate Torrence
  • Honest
  • Just
  • Become

• I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Good
  • American
  • Not Good Enough

• Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Person
  • Actor
  • Comfortable

• I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football – please.

  

  Samuel Barber
  • Me
  • Football
  • Forget

• I'm definitely writing my fears. It's almost therapeutic to at least voice a terror, to say, 'I'm worried that Lake Powell looks low and Lake Mead looks even lower.'

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Writing
  • Voice
  • Lake

• Golf is a better game played downhill.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Game
  • Better
  • Golf

• A symphonic conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that, regardless of his approach or temperament, the eventual result is the same - the orchestra will hate him.

  

  Oscar Levant
  • Hate

• It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.

  

  Ed Koch
  • World

• There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

  

  Vanity
  • Life
  • Practice
  • Doubt

• Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession.

  

  Joan Allen
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Opportunity

• It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it.

  

  Emily Greene Balch
  • Time

• The whole point of the Resurrection stories - and the Resurrection itself - is that we don't recognize Jesus when he comes back to us.

  

  Jay Parini
  • Jesus

• I have the same friends that I've had for 15 years. I think also, just by having each other, as soon as one of us gets a big head, we shoot the other one down.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • Friends

• Kindness isn't sacrifice so much as it is being considerate for the feelings of others, sharing happiness, the unselfish thought, the spontaneous and friendly act, forgetfulness of our own present interests.

  

  Carl Holmes
  • Feelings
  • Kindness
  • Others

• I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better.

  

  Terry Zwigoff
  • Hate
  • Film
  • Audience

• There isnt a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.

  

  Simon Beaufoy
  • World
  • Important
  • War

• When I sit down to write a scene, I have a plan in mind, and I'm thrilled when a character disregards my goals and takes the story to a place I hadn't imagined.

  

  Lauren Kate
  • Mind
  • Character
  • Goals

• Children especially deserve our support after they are rescued from those who have victimized them.

  

  Elise Stefanik
  • Children
  • Support

• I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.

  

  John Malkovich