Kiefer Sutherland Quotes
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I don't have to follow your orders. I don't work here anymore.
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I have a very strong political outlook, and that is something I'd like to take more responsibility for in my life. I don't believe in utilising certain aspects of the power I have with celebrity to push that forward, but I would like to make some films that address some of those political issues.
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I turned to the only guy I could trust, Tony.
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We saw so many phenomenal Rock 'n Roll bands that were not getting signed. We really needed to start looking outside the box.
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I've wanted to work with my father for 30 years, and I'm really grateful that I finally had the opportunity, and it ended up - the experience and, I believe, the film - better than I could ever have hoped for.
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You're going to tell me what I want to know. It's just a question of how much you want it to hurt.
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We saw that the music industry was changing and we felt that it needed to change. We have wanted to do this for a very long time.
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There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.
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I didn't grow up with my dad, so it was always very funny to me, and always has been, what an important part DNA plays in one's life.
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I just always liked the company. The people who hung around her were amazing storytellers, whether it was actors or crew. They were just exciting people. And I knew that they were different when I would go see a friend or stay at someone else's house. It just wasn't as cool. So I always loved the theater, and that's where I started: at a theater up in Canada.
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I had never gone to college, I left school at a really early age, and all of a sudden I've got six really great friends hanging out with me every night. And we were a really tight group, and we just had an absolute blast.
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I wasn't trying to do a play or do what Kevin Spacey did. I was trying to do my own thing.
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The timing issue is something the writers are working on right now. But the sky's the limit at that point for them, because we would not be restricted by the time element.
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When I started, with films like 'The Bay Boy' and 'Stand by Me', I look back on those interviews and I'm amazed; there's no mention of my father; it's not even 'son of Donald Sutherland.' I caught a bit of a break in that it never felt like a weight to me.
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I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto.
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I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then.
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My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level.
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There are very few films that I've ever seen in my life that would be as silent or vacant as something like Jeremiah Johnson, and that to me was unbelievably captivating. You can see the same about [The Outlaw] Josey Wales: there's very little dialogue, and yet it contains such a deep, rich story. I've always thought of the western as American storytelling at its best.
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There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts.
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I was 20 when my daughter was born, and making all these plans during my wife's pregnancy. I was going to be the perfect father. Once she was born, it was suddenly, 'Oh, my God! I'm a parent!'
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This time, something happens to Jack on a very personal level. Because he's presumed dead, a lot of the boundaries he was restricted by -- by virtue of who he was working for -- don't exist now. And he's mad.
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When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I dont have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies.
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When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else.
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I have a tendency to sometimes get a little serious when I'm working, and it's impossible to do around her. I think she's an extraordinary actor and she kind of almost betrays that sometimes because she's got all this energy.