John Malkovich Quotes
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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'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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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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You have to do things people see or you don't get to do anything.
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I'm not a control maniac.
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Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.
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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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Failure's a natural part of life.
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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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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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Politics is not really my thing.
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In New York in the Forties or Fifties, everybody's in a suit, an overcoat and a hat.
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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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I was never a fanatical movie person.
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I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.
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I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.
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I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.
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I haven't physically attacked anyone in a couple of years.
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Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.
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I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium.
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I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along.
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The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.
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Things are so much global and Americanised.
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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.