John Malkovich Quotes

18 quotations by John Malkovich

You have to do things people see or you don't get to do anything.

Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.

There's a reason screens are only this thick.

If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good.

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.

I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.

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.

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.

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.

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.

I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.

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.

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

I haven't physically attacked anyone in a couple of years.

I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy.

I don't think my parents know what I do.

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.

Even if you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway.