John Malkovich Want Quotations

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.

The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.

I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy.

I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.

You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.

When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want the actors to think it was their fault.