John Malkovich Quotes
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I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.
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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 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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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'm not a control maniac.
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Politics is not really my thing.
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Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.
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Failure's a natural part of life.
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I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.
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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'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.
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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 was never a fanatical movie person.
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I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.
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Things are so much global and Americanised.
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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 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 haven't physically attacked anyone in a couple of years.
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I know for a fact that a lot of actors are desperate and unhappy if their careers are not progressing at what they think is the correct rate. They just go crazy if they're not working. I don't feel I'd be that way. You can always get a few people together and put on a play. Maybe not in New York or L.A., but in a lot of other towns, you can.
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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 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 love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.
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I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.