John Malkovich Quotes
I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or after, just a very brief period.
Quotes to Explore
-
College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
-
If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
-
I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
-
Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.
-
When I finally finished the 'Two Suns' tour, which went on for quite a long time, I felt like a bit of a husk. And I remember thinking, 'I need to spend some time in one place, and just be at home.' So I guess the first year of that three and a half years was spent just trying to kind of get back to normal again.
-
In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book.
-
In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.
-
The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
-
I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow.
-
Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
-
Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians.
-
President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
-
Vince McMahon is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, but WWE's not striving for the kind of innovation it's capable of.
-
I want to do a make-up line for men.
-
I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
-
By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.
-
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
-
In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
-
I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal.
-
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights of the spirit.
-
Then I contacted Ken, then he called me back, then we had a great meeting. Then he called and asked if I would come back to the show. Which was awesome.
-
I find I'm an old soul.
-
I am a family man at heart.
-
I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or after, just a very brief period.
