Explore Quotes by John Malkovich

I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.

I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.

Failure's a natural part of life.

I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.

Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

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

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.

I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy.

People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on.

Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.

A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldn't do if it didn't have rabies. But that doesn't change the fact that it has rabies.

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.

I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters.

If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good.

I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium.

People get up, they go to work, they have their lives, but you'll never see the headlines say, 'Six billion people got along rather well today.' You'll have the headline about the 30 people who shot each other.

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.

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

It's funny - people think analysis or psychiatry is mad, and THEY go to CHURCH.