Quotes from John Malkovich

A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldn't do if it didn't have rabies. But that doesn't change the fact that it has rabies.

I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.

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.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

If you're too smart it can limit you because you spend so much time thinking that you don't do anything.

Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization.

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies.

I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher, and they're better listeners, and they're more capable of surviving things.

I don't mind tracksuits. At the track.

There will be people who hate everything you do. And some people will really love it. But that's not really different from the people who really hate it.

I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm not treating patients.