John Malkovich Quotes
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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.
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I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
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I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me.
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I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.
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The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.
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With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.
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People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.
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When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.
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Even in the busiest kitchen, there's always a point at the end of the day when you go home.
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I don't immerse myself in the Internet chatter because it opens you up to a whole source of danger.
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You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.
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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!
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I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.
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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.
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But if we have to go for a multinational peacekeeping force, we will consider it positively if it is needed, if it is required, in the light of developments, we will consider it positively. There is no dejection for that.
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Vibrating strings in 10 dimensions is just a weird fact... An explanation of that weird fact would tell you why there are 10 dimensions in the first place.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.
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You live by yourself for a stretch of time and you get to staring at different objects. Sometimes you talk to yourself. You take meals in crowded joints. You develop an intimate relationship with your used Subaru. You slowly but surely become a has-been.
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I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.
