When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want the actors to think it was their fault. — 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 Image
I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
