The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.
John MalkovichAnd may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, 'how do we live?'
John MalkovichI wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.
John MalkovichIf I hear a film clip, or I happen to see some image from a film - you go to a film festival, and they show some clip of the movies you've been in, most of the time I sit there and go, "Oh God, I should have... should have... that was terrible." But I think that's a natural part of this work, because really, your work is never over. Of course I can leave it alone and walk off the set and never think about it again when it's done. But your work is really ongoing all the time.
John Malkovich