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> [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 a movie on. So to complicate it by having more irritation as a director, I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-like-to-direct-movies-but-i-don-t-like-to-goof-around-for-eight/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

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> [What you really need to build a character is exactly what you don't have in the movies - time. You know, movies are like a line drawing. You have to make very quick decisions, which are, in the end instinctive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/what-you-really-need-to-build-a-character-is-exactly-what-you-don-t/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

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## Other authors on Irritating

## More by 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 theater, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/films-take-too-long-there-s-too-much-bs-too-much-nonsense-if-i-want/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-don-t-want-a-trillion-dollar-empire-to-run/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [Reviews are destructive by their very nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/reviews-are-destructive-by-their-very-nature/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-can-see-how-given-a-certain-degree-of-sensitivities-proclivities/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/most-filmmakers-entire-body-of-knowledge-is-of-other-movies-when-they/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-wouldn-t-say-anything-i-ever-did-in-film-would-be-something-i-d-use/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-have-driven-school-buses-sold-egg-rolls-and-painted-houses-and-i/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [You have to play your characters, not like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/you-have-to-play-your-characters-not-like-them/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/one-doesn-t-know-if-one-had-a-happy-childhood-or-not-i-don-t-really/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-m-more-comfortable-with-whatever-s-wrong-with-me-than-my-father-was/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-was-a-very-good-baseball-and-football-player-but-my-father-always/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-think-people-seem-to-sort-of-associate-me-with-danger-and-i-don-t/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-like-to-direct-movies-but-i-don-t-like-to-goof-around-for-eight/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-love-to-watch-good-actors-who-surprise-and-amuse-me/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

> [I find it hard to pre-plan every element of everything I do. It's not my thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-find-it-hard-to-pre-plan-every-element-of-everything-i-do-it-s-not/)

[John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/)

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