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John Malkovich
American
Actor
About the author
My life before children I don't really remember. I've heard references to it, but I really don't remember.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Life
#Children
I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Want
#Accident
There's a reason screens are only this thick.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Reason
I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Pretty
#Actor
#Theater
You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Time
#Work
#Will
#Movies
#Painting
I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Will
#Dress
#Rules
#Sex
You have to do things people see or you don't get to do anything.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#People
Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Women
I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Film
#Temper
I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Wrong
#Father
#Measure
I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Film
#Work
#Word
#Theater
I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Confidence
I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Baseball
#Truth
#Father
#Football
I haven't physically attacked anyone in a couple of years.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Years
I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Want
I don't think my parents know what I do.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Parents
I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Now
#Temper
I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#Stupidity
#Self
Even if you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor
#People
#Succeed
I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.
John Malkovich,
American
Actor