Kevin Bacon Quotes
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
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After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
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There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew that he wrote his own music, and he seemed nice, so I found out he was going to be in a practice room, practicing his trumpet. He'd already said he was too busy to hang out or hear any new people or work on any music, so I stalked him.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.
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We are men, and propose to live like men in this free land, without the contamination of slave labor, or die like men, if need be, in asserting the rights of our race, our country, and our families.
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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
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I find my greatest happiness in thinking of those days in Homestead when I labored to bring a thing to perfection entirely by myself. In the evenings, I would go into the hills and look down on my work, and I knew that it was good, and my heart was elated.
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I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good.
