I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
If I hear a film clip, or I happen to see some image from a film - you go to a film… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
My father could be very distancing. My clearest memory is of him squatting, watering plants for hours and hours at a time,… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I grew tired of religion some time not long after birth. I believe in people, I believe in humans, I believe in… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
What you really need to build a character is exactly what you don't have in the movies - time. You know, movies… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors' union about why we're not paid when we… — 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
