Film Quotes by Matt Dillon

10 Film quotes by Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon’s take on film shines through these ten brief statements. They’re enough to feel his seasoned voice without overwhelming, making the a practical primer for readers new to his quotations.

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The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.

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Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best track record when they turn…

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One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical.…

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I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the…

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I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as…

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I think the reason I've survived that long is because I've taken my work so seriously. Maybe sometimes too seriously, but it's…

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I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that…

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One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You…

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There were six kids in our family, and I grew up fast. I had to do a lot of things on my…

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If people are reacting to films based on their degree of success or failure, then they're not really looking at the movie.…

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It's really nice to be able to do something that you've never done. I think that's the gift of being an actor because I…

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It seems like a cliche, but you do grow up a lot faster when you travel a lot, go through things like this interview,…

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I like conflict, drama's conflict and if you don't have that in the character it's really not a worthwhile role to play for me.

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I've always wanted to do action stuff. I like it. You really want something that's special; that's got something special about it and not…

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I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

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The worst thing I could be accused of is that I'm a one-way dude, only out for myself. But the worst thing a woman…

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People get really nuts around cars. They get angry at cars, they get angry at their car, they get angry at people driving in…

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I'm not a Buddhist, or a card-carrying member of any religion.

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Obviously all religions get corrupted by man. The initial ideas are interesting but once they get organized they seem to become about politics and…

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The growing pains of being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity to do…

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If people are reacting to films based on their degree of success or failure, then they're not really looking at the movie. I don't…

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I look for really great characters. I say great because as long as they're really good, there's something you can do. And really good…

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