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… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Much of what you do as an actor - it's who's around you, what's the environment, where do you fit into this… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Films take too long. There's too much BS, too much nonsense. If I want to do a play, I just call the… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I know for a fact that a lot of actors are desperate and unhappy if their careers are not progressing at what… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it. And it's pretty irritating… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Films take too long. There's too much BS, too much nonsense. If I want to do a play, I just call the theater, whether… — John Malkovich Copy Share
I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently. — John Malkovich Copy Share
Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why… — John Malkovich Copy Share
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… — John Malkovich Copy Share
I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if… — John Malkovich Copy Share
One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means. — John Malkovich Copy Share
I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard… — John Malkovich Copy Share
I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked… — John Malkovich Copy Share
I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all. — John Malkovich Copy Share
I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it. And it's pretty irritating to get… — John Malkovich Copy Share
I find it hard to pre-plan every element of everything I do. It's not my thing. — John Malkovich Copy Share
