Quotes by Kiefer Sutherland

About Kiefer Sutherland:

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a British-born Canadian actor, film producer, and film director. He has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox series 24. Since 2001 Sutherland has been associated most widely with the role of Bauer. He also starred as Martin Bohm in the Fox drama Touch and provided the English voice of Big Boss in the video games Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
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There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all the hope and best intentions in the world, but some films just don't work.

Kiefer Sutherland

When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly ...

Kiefer Sutherland

I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?

Kiefer Sutherland

Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys, and I didn't think I could do anything wrong.

Kiefer Sutherland

When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else.

Kiefer Sutherland

When I wasn't the flavor of the week or month or day, those were hard times.

Kiefer Sutherland

I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive.

Kiefer Sutherland

There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.

Kiefer Sutherland

I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune...

Kiefer Sutherland

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.

Kiefer Sutherland

I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.

Kiefer Sutherland

When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.

Kiefer Sutherland

If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show, we've got a really big problem.

Kiefer Sutherland

'24' and 20th Century Fox and Sky TV are not responsible for training the U.S. military. It is not our job to do. To me, this is almost as absurd as saying, 'The Sopranos' supports the mafia, and by virtue of that, HBO supports the mafia.'

Kiefer Sutherland

I loved '24', but I didn't think anyone else would. I had absolutely no idea.

Kiefer Sutherland

One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he tak...

Kiefer Sutherland

I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.

Kiefer Sutherland

I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then.

Kiefer Sutherland

The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous.

Kiefer Sutherland

My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of.

Kiefer Sutherland

Author Bio

  • NameKiefer Sutherland
  • DescriptionCanadian actor
  • BornDecember 21, 1966
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Film Director; Film Producer; Voice Actor