John Malkovich Quotes
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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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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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Well, I like to have fun at work.
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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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'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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I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.
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I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm not treating patients.
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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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You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.
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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 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'm an atheist.
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I don't have a saviour or a royal family.
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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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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'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.
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I grew up in the Midwest, quite far from any ocean or any beach, a million miles. I think for kids who grew up where I did, the idea of California, surfing and beach life was so exotic and glamorous.
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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 care what other people think. I don't think it matters.
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We're all animals.
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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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Most films, it doesn't matter if you see them or not.