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" If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like he's a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that you're on your way into the grave. "

Kevin Bacon

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" I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes. "

" The whole industry is changing because so many people watch things on DVR, and they watch things on other platforms, and I think everybody is kind of scratching their heads about how this is going to play out. "

" I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor. "

" If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring. "

" I've played a lot of bad guys, and I'm pretty good at leaving my work at the office. And I look at acting as having a certain sort of therapeutic nature to it. "

" For my wife and I, for so many years, a lot of our identity was based on being Hollywood haters. We were like, 'We're east-coast. We're New Yorkers. This is just a place that we have to come to, but not by choice.' "

" I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic. "

" Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life. "

" Fame is very much a double-edged sword. "

" I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible. "

" Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live. "

" I always have a suitcase ready to go. My wife and I are both very much like this. We're both vagabonds, and we have been since the time we were married. "

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" I started making movies in 1977, and I didn't even think about the idea that I would ever be on a television show. Once I finished the 'Guiding Light,' I was like, 'I'm done with television!' "

" I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music. "

" 'Animal House' was my first movie, so I didn't have anything to compare it to. I was a sight gag more than anything else. So I can't say it was one of those things where your life changes. When the movie came out, I had to ask for the night off at the bar. "

" Being with Kyra is so natural for me; it's the easiest aspect of my life. I know that I don't need a beach or room service to be happy. "

" I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy. "

" 'Kung Fury!' I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing. "

" I still want to make Kyra proud of the person I am - father, husband, actor, musician. "

" Keep doing what you're doing. Don't be afraid of fame. "

" The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie. "

" Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good. "

" Certainly, network television in general relies a little bit too much on keeping people focused and emotional and scared and pushing the envelope by building wall-to-wall music. "

" I like playing complex, interesting characters. Sometimes I don't think there's much of a strong line between right and wrong for a character. Every character is somewhere on a moral spectrum. "

" The greats are 'The Shining', 'Rosemary's Baby', 'Don't Look Now', 'The Exorcist' - those movies were not really slashers: they were about psychological terror and had very deep emotional backdrops. If we do our best, '6 Miranda Drive' can be that kind of a movie. "

" As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive. "

" You have to have something in your life that's more important than the work. People don't really like to admit that. They say, 'Oh, my work is my most important thing.' "

" When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other. "

" From the time I signed on to 'The Following,' things have already vastly changed in the entertainment world in general. It's an adjustment for me. "

Kevin Bacon

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" There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars. "