“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 hes a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that youre on your way into the grave.” IfsMenWayGivingFeelsYearsLooksMadeAgeFilmGuyBecomingGiving UpPercentGravesComing Of AgeAdmittingBecoming A Man Author:Kevin Bacon
“I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that's my life; that's not my work. With my work, my job is to walk in another man's shoes.” PeopleMenTryingI CanShowsJobsWalksCompassionShoesContactAnother Man Author:Kevin Bacon
“They took 3-D digital photographs of my entire body. I had to pose stark naked, assuming a kind of Spider-Man position. After a minute, one of the technicians pointed to my genitals and said, Um, we're not getting enough data there ... It wasn't what you think. It turns out that the fancy digital camera doesn't pick up dark areas too well, and they were having trouble because of the hair down there. I actually had to spray on this highlighter stuff. (On having digital photos taken for the invisible man role in the film Hollow Man)” ThinkingMenWellsKindSaidEnoughBodyFilmTurnsStuffDarkRolesTakenTroubleMinutesPositionHairPicksAreasCamerasAssumingPhotographInvisibleNakedDataFancyDigitalSpidersHollowStarksSpraySpider ManTechniciansDigital CamerasHollow Man Author:Kevin Bacon
“I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.” MenWayWantYoungGamesActingYoung ManGamer Author:Kevin Bacon
“I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up on you and telling you when to wake up and when to go to sleep, holding your hand to cross the street. I can do it up to a certain point, and then I start to feel like a puppet.” PeopleThinkingMenWayFeelsKindI CanHandsYoungCertainActorsCan DoSleepStreetsCrossesWake UpYoung ManGigsGoing To SleepPuppetsI Can Do It Author:Kevin Bacon
“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.” MenWayResponsibilitySeeingFailureBlameJealousTaking ResponsibilityWay To LiveBeing JealousBlaming Others Author:Kevin Bacon
“There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.” PeopleMenBitsTalkingStreetsAverageShut UpQualifiedAverage ManPunditsTalking Heads Author:Kevin Bacon
