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" I brought my first fall/winter line to New York, and it was confiscated by U.S. Customs. They asked, 'What is the value of this?' I said, 'I'm not so good with existential questions.' "

John Malkovich

Value

Good

New York

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John Malkovich

Mean

Other

" If you're too smart it can limit you because you spend so much time thinking that you don't do anything. "

" I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along. "

" I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. "

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Details

" Utopia means elsewhere. "

" 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. "

" Anybody doing something brings something to it. "

" Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion. "

John Malkovich

Out

Scary

" I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is. "

" Even if you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway. "

" Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself. "

" It never occurred to me to be an actor. "

" 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 theater. "

" I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK. "

" I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years. "

" I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves. "

" I don't mind tracksuits. At the track. "

John Malkovich

Mind

Track

" When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on. "

" I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it. "

John Malkovich

Talking

Direct

" Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that. "

" My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. "

John Malkovich

Influence

Strong

" I'm not a very skeptical person. "

" We're all animals. "

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Animals

" My father was a very contradictory man. "