John Malkovich quotes - page 3

I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. (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. View quote
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I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people. View quote
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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. View quote
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I always wanted to be fashionable. View quote
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I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves. View quote
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I go around the world, working with all kinds of people who I love. View quote
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We have a tendency to think everyone's idiotic and everyone's only doing something idiotic, and the world is controlled by a not-so-secret group of morons. There's great truth in that, I suppose, but then it's also not true. View quote
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My life before children I don't really remember. I've heard references to it, but I really don't remember. View quote
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I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable. View quote
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I don't have a saviour or a royal family. (John Malkovich)
I still have a temper, I suppose. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK. View quote
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You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it. View quote
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I don't need to be liked. View quote
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I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run. View quote
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My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. View quote
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I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium. View quote
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I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes. (John Malkovich)
I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise. View quote
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Of course it's trivial, but then most things are. View quote
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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch. View quote
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You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one. View quote
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