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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/you-can-t-work-in-the-movies-movies-are-all-about-lighting-very-few/)

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

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## 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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