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Quotes
Acting is playing - it's
actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the
game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs
to sit in my room and dream.
Every
couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the
biggest weirdos on the block.
For
our anniversary, I had a certificate drawn up that states I can never
leave Angelina for eternity. It has the seal of the great state of
Louisiana on it. I signed it in my own blood with a paintbrush.
Getting
the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better
than gravy.
I
believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you
love and having your lips bleed on each other.
I
don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.
I
quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
I
was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the
newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.
I've
danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever
had.
Just
the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I
usually shop at Sears.
Man,
I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of
there.
Marketing
is the devil.
Movies
these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about?
I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I
don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that
don't show you how that's not good.
Tower
Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can
shop for records with me. It drives them out of their minds.
When
people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their
soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.
Getting the nomination is like gravy.
Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.
I was the fattest baby in Clark County,
Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.
Acting is playing--it's actually going out
on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need
that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room
and dream.
I can't sit through plays and musical
theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn
over the furniture.
It's not that I don't understand it. But
people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you
smarter.
I've been married five times, and people
think that's some bizarre thing, yet I've got buddies who refuse to get
married and have sex with 15 people a week. I'm like, 'Which is better?'
At least I was trying.
People think the hard thing for an actor is
crying and screaming, but that's easy. What's hard is a character who
never tips his hand, who toes the line all the time. The hard stuff is
never telling yourself, 'Hey, I better do something here.
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