John Malkovich Quotes
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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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Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance.
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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.
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I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.
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Well, I like to have fun at work.
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I don't think my parents know what I do.
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I always wanted to be fashionable.
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You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.
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Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?
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I'm an atheist.
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You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.
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I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm not treating patients.
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I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.
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I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.
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I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters.
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I don't have a saviour or a royal family.
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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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I brought my first fall/winter line to New York, and it was confiscated by U.S. Customs. They asked, 'What is the value of this?' I said, 'I'm not so good with existential questions.'
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You know, I'm really not interested in someone telling me that something's good or bad.
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I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere.
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I have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors' union about why we're not paid when we appear in, say, a 'TMZ' production, but there seems to be no real interest in combatting it.
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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'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.
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I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.