John Malkovich Quotes

Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream.

John Malkovich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 9, 1953

Topics

DreamsSomeoneYouDreamActingOut

From the age of 15 to 50, I'd hardly stepped out of a kitchen. I just wanted to live a little, to spend time with my wife and children. The first time I saw snow was when I was 50, because I'd never had the time before.

Joel Robuchon

LiveSnowAgeChildrenTimeWife

The '50s were terrifying with nuclear bomb stuff but boring in a social way, and then the '60s were happening, and remember, there was no AIDS.

Robert Klein

RememberBoringWaySocialStuff

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.

Anna Quindlen

FreeSpeechWhyIgnorantFree Speech

Some of these pro-drug messages come from popular culture.

John Walters

CultureComeSomePopularMessages

Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.

Stephen Merchant

OptimismMindEndingComedyNote

It's not the teaching, it's the learning.

Sly Stone

LearningTeaching

Your YouTube channel is your show. I think it's a wonderful platform for anyone who wants to have stronger creative control over their content, their message, their vision and their branding.

Michelle Phan

VisionCreativeControlThinkOver

When I think about fashion and elegance, I imagine a woman from the 1950s, on an airplane, with seamed stockings and a garment belt underneath, a skirt, high heels, and her hair that she's done the night before, perfectly done eyeliner, lipstick, gloves, perhaps, and all this just to sit on an airplane for a transcontinental flight.

Liz Goldwyn

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Male actors have to lie about their ages, too.

Jared Harris

LieAboutTooMaleAgesMale Actors

I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.

Drake Bell

MusicBandAlwaysOutPlayingDrums

I remember doing a shoot for Herb Ritts, hanging off the Eiffel Tower - that wasn't your usual day at the office. It was terrifying, and in the end, you couldn't really tell how high I was because the photographer was scared of heights, so he was quite far away from me.

Christy Turlington

DayMeEndDoingRememberYou

I was cocky and arrogant when I was younger. I thought that if I delivered a good performance, and put my best foot forward, that would be enough to get people's attention. So in my naivety, I cut my legs off at the knees, because I didn't realize that oftentimes it doesn't matter about the performance... it's the media that creates stars.

Bokeem Woodbine

GoodStarsBestPeopleForward

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