Everett McGill Quotes

'Quest' is a romantic name for journey, and I think 'fire' is a word that has stimulating connotations for all of us.

Everett McGill

• Journey
• Romantic
• Quest

In Kansas, people are reserved, quiet, taciturn.

Everett McGill

• Reserved
• Kansas
• Taciturn

I know actors with promising careers who get blown out of the business, never to return.

Everett McGill

• Business
• Actors
• Promising

If you lost a major actor because of a broken jaw, the project collapses.

Everett McGill

• Actor
• Project
• Major

We need to emphasize the more positive aspects of our species.

Everett McGill

• Positive
• Need
• Species

I've done soap operas in New York, playing a continuing character who goes through changes and develops, but none of that has created the enduring interest that 'Twin Peaks' has.

Everett McGill

• Character
• Interest
• New York

You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.

Everett McGill

• Yourself
• Add
• Portrayal

The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.

Everett McGill

• Job
• Director
• Camera

Emotional sounds don't lie.

Everett McGill

• Emotional
• Lie
• Sounds

I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding; failure was more than I could deal with.

Everett McGill

• More
• Deal
• Stand

I don't see many convincing heavies in movies. They don't scare me.

Everett McGill

• Movies
• Scare
• Convincing

On the stage, you enter into a bond with the audience, and you can sense they are moved by what you're doing. It's a sweet return.

Everett McGill

• Doing
• Audience
• Sweet

I recognize my physical limitations, but I am an actor who is able to transform himself into someone else.

Everett McGill

• Actor
• Recognize
• Physical

I know I may never emerge as a leading man.

Everett McGill

• Man
• Leading
• Emerge