John Malkovich
John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovichis an American actor and director. He has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award nominations. He has also appeared in films such as Empire of the Sun, The Killing Fields, Con Air, Of Mice and Men, Rounders, Ripley's Game, Knockaround Guys, Being John Malkovich, Shadow of the Vampire, Burn After Reading, RED, Mulholland Falls, and Warm Bodies, as well...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth9 December 1953
CountryUnited States of America
I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere.
If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education.
I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium. I thought it was necessary to update the figure of the bohemian, but not in the traditional way.
Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself.
About 98 percent of the time we not only got along but worked together very well. So anything else wouldn't be up to me to discuss.
I think when I went to psychoanalysis, I actually believed that people said what they meant. This was my whole problem.
I admire sensible, kind people. They're not often famous.
I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can't identify the face. I don't have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott.
I know fashion can be intensely goofy, but it is something I've always taken pretty seriously.
If you didn't do that, you didn't see it. You never would see it otherwise; it wouldn't be on TV.
I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along.
I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK.
Failure's a natural part of life.
It's funny - people think analysis or psychiatry is mad, and THEY go to CHURCH...