John Malkovich Quotes
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I'm not a control maniac.
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It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia.
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Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself.
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I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.
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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.
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Politics is not really my thing.
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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.
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Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies.
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I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater.
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Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.
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I think when I went to psychoanalysis, I actually believed that people said what they meant. This was my whole problem.
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I lost seventy pounds eating nothing but Jello for 4 months. But of course there is great variety in the colors! I think, if I remember correctly, it's 230 calories for a whole bowl. Maybe 270? In the 5th month, I added fruit.
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I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education.
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I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters.
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I was never a fanatical movie person.
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Failure's a natural part of life.
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I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium.
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I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.
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I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.
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I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.
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Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.
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The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the really simple question: 'How do we live?'
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I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.
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'Secretariat' was such a magnificent animal, unbelievably beautiful and powerful. It's always nice to see something that close to perfection, a reason to celebrate.