John Malkovich Quotes

I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.

John Malkovich

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• The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • Time
  • House
  • Career

• I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.

  

  Lance Reddick
  • Job
  • American
  • Speak

• I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Want
  • Me
  • Air

• I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Great
  • School
  • Money

• I don't think of myself as a gearhead or a motorcyclist. I'm not that young, and this is like another life of mine. But the people I know from that era think of me that way.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • People
  • Life
  • Myself

• By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that's just cluttered with spam, fake, digital friends, partisan media, ingenious identity thieves, world-class Ponzi schemers - a deception epidemic.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • Time
  • World
  • Work

• I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • People
  • Great
  • Friends

• Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

  

  Ad Reinhardt
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Artist

• The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • You
  • Some
  • Along

• With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.

  

  Ian Dunbar
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Confidence

• People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • People
  • Believe
  • Want

• When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
  • People
  • Artist
  • Idea

• Even in the busiest kitchen, there's always a point at the end of the day when you go home.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Home
  • Day
  • End

• I don't immerse myself in the Internet chatter because it opens you up to a whole source of danger.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Up
  • You
  • Myself

• You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

  

  Gary Allan
  • Moon
  • Stars
  • Jealousy

• Comics creators are generally screwed in life: Most of us who are fortunate enough to do comics full time - which is very few of us - will literally draw until we die because we have no employment structures intact for retirement, much less insurance!

  

  Nate Powell
  • Life
  • Time
  • Die

• I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Hands
  • Books
  • Smell

• I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Fun
  • Small
  • Best

• We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Mind
  • Power

• Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations.

  

  Freya Stark
  • Way
  • Commerce
  • Conventions

• It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. It's about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.

  

  Louis Leterrier
  • Life
  • Good
  • Great

• When the ranch is in peace, no other life is more perfect.

  

  Charles Goodnight
  • Life
  • Perfect

• You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight, than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward, and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Eyes
  • Win
  • Fight

• I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.

  

  John Malkovich