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Kevin Bacon
American
Actor
About the author
Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Celebrity
L.A. kind of scares me.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
I would say invisibility would be sort of a fun power to have just to see what it was like to move through the world and not be looked at.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Fun
#World
#Power
I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Acting
#Want
#Man
I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Want
#Talk
#Fun
#Pretty
#Movies
#Actor
#Hiring
I have a natural swagger.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Acting
#People
#Work
#World
#Actor
I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Want
I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Life
#People
#Fear
#Anger
#Darkness
#Sadness
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Anger
#Darkness
#Challenge
#Actor
#Sadness
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Celebrity
#Voice
#Artist
#Struggle
I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Film
#Worry
I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Now
#Love
I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Action
#Fun
#Dreams
#Car
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#World
#Money
#Greed
#Houses
I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Books
#Movies
#Zombies
I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#First
I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Talk
#Work
#Act
#Movies
#Actor
I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Performance
Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Love
#Actor
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Friend
#Criticism
Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Cute
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Effect
#Actor
Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Talent
#Famous
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Environment
#Actor
#Encouragement
I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#People
#Years
There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Being
#Singing
#Actor
I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Kids
#Film
#Movies
#Name
Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Life
I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Character
#Actor
There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Now
#Greed
#Financial
There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Content
There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Want
#Actor
#Secrets
There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#People
#Celebrity
#Man
#Talking
The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Want
#People
#Day
#Business
It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Old
If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Successful
#Actor
#Waiting
If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Music
#Brother
When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Work
#Children
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.
Kevin Bacon,
American
Actor
#Acting
#People
#Therapy