One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place.

- Malcolm Mcdowell

I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black…

- Malcolm Mcdowell

Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.

- Malcolm Mcdowell

I am a professional actor and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making som…

- Malcolm Mcdowell

Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.

- Malcolm Mcdowell

I particularly love theater, I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as lon…

- Malcolm Mcdowell

If you look a little punkish, then they’re going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get as…

- Malcolm Mcdowell

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

- Malcolm Mcdowell

I'm very pragmatic in that I know there are very few greats in anything. I got lucky just to have gotten two of the real great filmmakers very early …

- Malcolm Mcdowell