Malcolm McDowell Quotes
Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
Malcolm McDowell
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I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
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If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.
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My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
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I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
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I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself.
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