Quotes by John Malkovich

About John Malkovich:

John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor and director. He has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award nominations. He has also appeared in films such as Empire of the Sun, The Killing Fields, Con Air, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, RED, and Warm Bodies, as well as producing films such as Ghost World, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me.

John Malkovich

I have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors' union about why we're not paid when we appear in, say, a 'TMZ' production, but there seems to be no real interest in combatting it.

John Malkovich

I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher, and they're better listeners, and they're more capable of surviving things. And most of the women that I ...

John Malkovich

I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or after, just a very brief period.

John Malkovich

If you're too smart it can limit you because you spend so much time thinking that you don't do anything.

John Malkovich

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

John Malkovich

I'm a little bit phobic about stains on my clothes, so I never travel without a little packet of organic stain remover.

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Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

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I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is.

John Malkovich

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.

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I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

John Malkovich

I like very much to do movies.

John Malkovich

Quite often - a lot of the work I had done had been extensively with women. Most especially in the theater, but also quite often in the movies. That has its own delights, and maybe pitfalls too.

John Malkovich

Politics is not really my thing.

John Malkovich

People get up, they go to work, they have their lives, but you'll never see the headlines say, 'Six billion people got along rather well today.' You'll have the headline about the 30 people who shot each other.

John Malkovich

Well, I like to have fun at work.

John Malkovich

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.

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Most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted house all by themselves.

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

John Malkovich

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Malkovich
  • DescriptionUS-american actor, film producer and film director
  • BornDecember 9, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Producer; Television Actor; Film Actor; Film Director
  • AwardsDonostia Award