The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
Malcolm McDowellOnce you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.
Malcolm McDowellThe great thing about Burgess's work is the dichotomy of making the hero or anti-hero an immoral man. And that's what makes it interesting. Because, you know, you are sucked into kind of like this guy.
Malcolm McDowellThe definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.
Malcolm McDowellI'm very pragmatic in that I know there are very few greats in anything. I got lucky just to have gotten two of the real great filmmakers very early on. Better to have had them than to not have had them. I've been really fortunate. That's the key relationship on a movie: the director and the actor. Of course, you can't compare the experiences. When you're in your early 20s, you're a very different person. It was a very exciting time, and my whole world was changing. Now I'm looking back, and hoping I can still offer something. Still do good work.
Malcolm McDowell