John Malkovich Quotes
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Well, I like to have fun at work.
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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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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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I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium.
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I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.
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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'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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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 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 only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.
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I don't think my parents know what I do.
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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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You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.
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I don't have a saviour or a royal family.
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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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We're all animals.
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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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Most films, it doesn't matter if you see them or not.
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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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Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.
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A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldn't do if it didn't have rabies. But that doesn't change the fact that it has rabies.
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My father was a very contradictory man.
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You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.
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Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream.