Quotes by Malcolm McDowell

About Malcolm McDowell:

Malcolm McDowell is an English actor, known for his boisterous and sometimes villainous roles, whose career spans more than five decades. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.

Malcolm McDowell

You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with.

Malcolm McDowell

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

Malcolm McDowell

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.

Malcolm McDowell

If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.

Malcolm McDowell

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

Malcolm McDowell

Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.

Malcolm McDowell

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

Malcolm McDowell

An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.

Malcolm McDowell

You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.

Malcolm McDowell

I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.

Malcolm McDowell

The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.

Malcolm McDowell

It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.

Malcolm McDowell

The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an evening with. I never see them as bad people.

Malcolm McDowell

I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.

Malcolm McDowell

Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.

Malcolm McDowell

I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.

Malcolm McDowell

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

Malcolm McDowell

You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.

Malcolm McDowell

If you dunk your head in cold water, you can't stay under for more than five seconds. I mean, that's it.

Malcolm McDowell

Author Bio

  • NameMalcolm McDowell
  • DescriptionEnglish actor
  • BornJune 13, 1943
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Actor; Voice Actor