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" I like very much to do movies. "
John Malkovich
Movies
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" I have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors' union about why we're not paid when we appear in, say, a 'TMZ' production, but there seems to be no real interest in combatting it. "
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" I'm not a control maniac. "
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" 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 we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies. "
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" I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher, and they're better listeners, and they're more capable of surviving things. "
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" I don't have a saviour or a royal family. "
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" I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education. "
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" I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is. "
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" I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all. "
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" I was never a fanatical movie person. "
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" Anybody doing something brings something to it. "
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" I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere. "
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" Politics is not really my thing. "
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" I don't like things too overstated in the cut or too perfect. "
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" My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. "
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" I don't mind what I play, really. "
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" Even if you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway. "
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" I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for. "
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" It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others. "
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" I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently. "
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" Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that. "
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" I'm more boring and more conservative. "
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" I've done quite a few big American films. "
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