John Malkovich

I still have a temper, I suppose.

— John Malkovich

We're all animals.

— John Malkovich

Utopia means elsewhere.

— John Malkovich

I believe in humans.

— John Malkovich

I don't throw things or yell.

— John Malkovich

I don't mind what I play, really.

— John Malkovich

I like very much to do movies.

— John Malkovich

As an actor there are no drawbacks.

— John Malkovich

I don't like things too overstated in the cut or too perfect.

— John Malkovich

Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.

— John Malkovich

Anybody doing something brings something to it.

— John Malkovich

I never really did a western western.

— John Malkovich

I'm a little bit of a fabric lunatic.

— John Malkovich

I'm more boring and more conservative.

— John Malkovich

I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people.

— John Malkovich

Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.

— John Malkovich

Most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted…

— John Malkovich

And if you say a word about this over the radio, the next wings you see will belong to the flies buzzing…

— John Malkovich

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

— John Malkovich

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

— John Malkovich

I know fashion can be intensely goofy, but it is something I've always taken pretty seriously.

— John Malkovich

Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

— John Malkovich

I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK.

— John Malkovich

People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on…

— John Malkovich

Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your…

— John Malkovich

There will be people who hate everything you do. And some people will really love it. But that's not really different from…

— John Malkovich

I love Chicago, but in a lot of ways it's a disappointment. You can work there for years and years, and because…

— John Malkovich

I lost seventy pounds eating nothing but Jello for 4 months. But of course there is great variety in the colors! I…

— John Malkovich

I think probably when I was little, after my brother turned on me, I just had to play by myself or with…

— John Malkovich

I grew tired of religion some time not long after birth. I believe in people, I believe in humans, I believe in…

— John Malkovich

My father was a very contradictory man. I mean, most environmentalists in America in the 1950s - of which there were hardly…

— John Malkovich

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

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

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

I like to have fun at work. It's okay if I don't. I've had that a few times. But generally, I'm someone…

— John Malkovich

What you really need to build a character is exactly what you don't have in the movies - time. You know, movies…

— John Malkovich

I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something…

— John Malkovich

If I hear a film clip, or I happen to see some image from a film - you go to a film…

— John Malkovich

All you have is the writer's imagination. You have a very limited time to take this imaginary person and bring the details…

— John Malkovich

I know for a fact that a lot of actors are desperate and unhappy if their careers are not progressing at what…

— John Malkovich