Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillonis an American actor and film director...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 February 1964
CityNew Rochelle, NY
jobs mean actors
It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job. You're going to a job.
advice actors too-much
Actors don't generally go asking other actors for advice too much, but I'll take suggestions wherever I can.
pressure actors sensitive
It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.
long actors
As an actor, you can't be off the market for too long.
thinking great-day actors
I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.
actors overseeing department
The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.
crazy thinking actors
I know this sounds kind of crazy, but I think we're all actors.
believed bitter cares cop explored extremes honest loving sick son truthful typical
It was honest and truthful to what I believed was an L.A. cop, not typical of what every cop is. It went and explored these two extremes ... bitter racist cop and really loving son who cares about his sick father. These are the complicated things we see in life.
drawn endless family ideas start toward york
To start with I have family in New York. That's really important to me. But New York is also an endless well of inspiration. Ideas come to me in New York. I'm drawn toward reality, authenticity. I find that more in New York than anywhere.
ball bunch five games turned
We turned the ball over a bunch the first five games and (Friday) we only turned the ball over once, and it wasn't in our own territory,
against backlash bit francis
There was a bit of a backlash against Francis at that point,
certain concerned people
There were certain perceptions that people had of me, you know...'He's dumb,' or 'he's just got a pretty face,' or 'he's a thug,' or 'he can only do one thing.' I'm not so concerned with that now. Longevity's what it's about.
classic sinatra
I wanted to go classic this time, so I thought, 'What would Sinatra do?
compete front happened past people putting size strength three
From a Dowling standpoint, what's happened there over the past three years is Dowling just hasn't had the size and the strength and the people up front to compete with what Valley's putting out there,