Most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted house by themselves.
John MalkovichNothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.
John MalkovichI was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.
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