Malkovich Quotes

You have to do things people see or you don't get to do anything. - John Malkovich

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting. - John Malkovich

Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you. - John Malkovich

There's a reason screens are only this thick. - John Malkovich

The first day John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper were scheduled to come on set, I woke up and became aware of the enormity of it. - Charles Koppelman

Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance. - John Malkovich

She has this Jayne Mansfield body and a horrifyingly great brain. - John Malkovich

One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters. - Jeremy Piven

On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable. - Carter Burwell

Of course it's trivial, but then most things are. - John Malkovich