Project Quotes by Everett McGill

In Kansas, people are reserved, quiet, taciturn.

— Everett McGill

If you lost a major actor because of a broken jaw, the project collapses.

— Everett McGill

I know actors with promising careers who get blown out of the business, never to return.

— Everett McGill

I've done soap operas in New York, playing a continuing character who goes through changes and develops, but none of that has created the…

— Everett McGill

I recognize my physical limitations, but I am an actor who is able to transform himself into someone else.

— Everett McGill

On the stage, you enter into a bond with the audience, and you can sense they are moved by what you're doing. It's a…

— Everett McGill

Emotional sounds don't lie.

— Everett McGill

The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.

— Everett McGill

I don't see many convincing heavies in movies. They don't scare me.

— Everett McGill

We need to emphasize the more positive aspects of our species.

— Everett McGill

I know I may never emerge as a leading man.

— Everett McGill

You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.

— Everett McGill