“I felt as if I was the brunt of some massive joke at my expense: Can you believe this loser can be connected to Marlon Brando and Katharine Hepburn? But through the years I have learned to tolerate and sometimes embrace the idea. People have asked me if I consider it an honour. Well, all it indicates is that I've been in a lot of movies with a lot of people. And besides that there are plenty of other actors that would work.” PeopleIfsYearsBelieveWellsIdeasSometimesFilmActorsFeltJokesHollywoodEmbraceConnectedPlentyMassiveExpensesHonourLoserTolerateI Have LearnedThrough The YearsHepburnBrando Author:Kevin Bacon
“There are two things that create opportunities. One is being involved with something that makes money, and the other is winning awards. And the reason that winning the awards creates the opportunities is because it gives the people who are selling the picture the opportunity to make more money.” PeopleGivingTwoReasonOpportunityWinningInvolvedSellingMaking MoneyTwo ThingsAwardsMore MoneyWinning Awards 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
“You have to have something in your life that's more important than the work. People don't really like to admit that. I think that you have to find something else. I don't know what it is. Is it yoga or God or politics? For me it's just family.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantYoga Author:Kevin Bacon
“A lot of people believe in reading reviews. If I get too focused on some detail of what they've said about me, I'm going to end up shooting myself in the foot.” PeopleIfsBelieveSaidEndsReadingFeetDetailsFocusedShootingReviews Author:Kevin Bacon
“Even the people that support Bush aren't happy with the way things are going in Iraq.” PeopleWaySupportIraq Author:Kevin Bacon
“Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing.” PeopleSometimesPayBillsDisappointingBills To Pay Author:Kevin Bacon
“I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveHumansSoulCoursesDealsDarknessSadnessConditionsFiguresRageHorribleHuman ConditionUpbringingReservedFeeling SadReally SadSadness Of LifeRage And AngerSad SoulSadness And Anger Author:Kevin Bacon
“I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.” PeopleWorldKindDifferentGuyActorsSpeakActingRiskVictimAll KindsHatsNot AfraidBad GuysGood GuyAbusers Author:Kevin Bacon
“I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.” PeopleYearsMy OwnHavensReviews 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
“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.” PeopleWantGuyNextSocialLevelsBusinessRestaurantsNext DayThis GuyThat GuyBumps Author:Kevin Bacon
“Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.” PeopleWayKindActingReleasePlanesTherapyWeekendAlcoholicsTherapeutic 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
