You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting. — 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
I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently. — John Malkovich Copy Share
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
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
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
One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means. — John Malkovich Copy Share
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
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
I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all. — John Malkovich Copy Share
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… — John Malkovich Copy Share
I find it hard to pre-plan every element of everything I do. It's not my thing. — John Malkovich Copy Share
