John Malkovich Quotes
Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.
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From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.
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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
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When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.
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But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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My mother's a... beautiful woman, and I think, in some way, I felt intimidated by that sometimes.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
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Instead of telling a story about how great your brand is, try telling a story that shows you completely understand and empathize with your customer and their life.
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Our all-volunteer force continues to prove itself with a great level of professionalism, personal commitment and a technical competence that is quite remarkable.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.
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Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.