Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do. "

Related Quotes:

" I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it also to prove your manhood. They all couldn't conceive of why I'd want to stop to do 'The Importance of Being Earnest.' "

" I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman! "

" When 'Deadwood' came along, it was totally like Shakespeare. The long speeches were like soliloquies. If one phrase of a monologue was out of whack, the entire one-page speech didn't work. "

" Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional. "

" I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school. "

" We're in the business of making films, not striking or anything else. "

" We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that. "

" I've auditioned five or six times. I'm not very good at it. "

" I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring. "

" I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN. "

" That joy of a creative environment, without any restrictions, is hard to leave. "

" When I first came to Hollywood, I played about as many guys who save the day and get the girl as I played heavies. It's just that heavies are more interesting and last in people's minds. "

" I'm really enjoying the character now, but I don't want to just be Philip Marlowe. I wouldn't mind playing him every couple of years, perhaps, as a kind of open franchise - you know? "

" Actors have far fewer choices than the public thinks they do. "

" There's something about playing the baddies that people like. They're more fun, and people tend to remember them, particularly if you do them well. "

" Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.' "

" The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it. "

" I was raised a Democrat, and now I'm an Independent. "

" I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in the world, and I think we have to fight for it. "

" There are more heroes than cops, FBI agents, and lawyers. "

" I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel. "

" If there is anything I am about, it is I want justice in society. "

" If you're down, it's curse; if you're up, it's a blessing. "

" Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others. "

" Some stars can make five or six failures in a row and continue to work - with a raise. I can't figure how that works. Maybe foreign sales or a smart agent. "

" If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining. "

" I've always wanted to play a hard-boiled gumshoe, as they say. "

" When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man. "

" I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story. "

" You don't do classics with a Texas accent. "