Kevin Bacon Quotes
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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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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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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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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A big reason I'd spent my career as a writer and not a public speaker is that I am a person who refines my worldview in a silent room, waiting for my thoughts to arrange themselves on the screen before me.
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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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And going into my studio at night, particularly at night when everybody's asleep, is just a total pleasure for me.
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I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.
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Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.
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There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.
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When you do good music, it moves over from generation to generation. Like Bob Marley. Like Papa Michigan. Jimmy Cliff.
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I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good.
