John Quotes

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do

'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.

Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

I don't have actor training, myself.

I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.

It's hard to get concert tickets.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.

Part of the way that I work is to observe.

If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.

Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention.

When I say 'God' it is poetry and not theology

The thought of immortality is as well founded as any other well authenticated postulate of the human reason.

Martin Scorsese was very much the actor's director. We were all very in awe of Martin Scorsese.

My grandmother used to say before you moan about the muck on someone else's glasses make sure you're not on about the muck on your own her glasses were filthy

The wise leader speaks rarely and briefly. After all, no other natural outpouring goes on and on. It rains and then it stops. It thunders and then it stops.

Have respect for every person and every issue directed at you. Do not dismiss any encounter as insignificant.

Teach people to let go of their superficial mental chatter and obsessions. Teach people to pay attention to the whole body's reaction to a situation.

This is a guy [Michael Flynn] who stood up at the Republican convention and reveled in the chants of "lock her up" about Hillary Clinton.

I think we should always listen to Bill Clinton about everything. And so, if that's his view then that should be the rule of law.

I don't know who Donald Trump has in mind given that the circle of loyalists around him, the circle of people that he genuinely trusts is very small and getting smaller all the time.

To get some of the substance of why [Michael] Flynn [is Defense Adviser] is so controversial.

[Michael Flynn has] seen at a dinner party famously sitting next to Vladimir Putin.

[Michael Flynn is] someone who has advocated for a much tighter ties with Russia and had raised some eyebrows in terms of some of the consorting that he did around Washington.

[Michael Flynn] become someone who for a lot of his former colleagues, people like Stanley McChrystal who looked at General Flynn and sort of said, this is not the person I thought I knew.

[Michael Flynn] has just said that the U.S. Justice system is corrupt.

[Michael Flynn] has called President [Barack] Obama a liar.

In the national security establishment, it is somewhat frowned upon for people to take extremely harsh partisan roles in campaigns.

[Michael Flynn is not] the kind of person who is going to be more buttoned-up kind of military figure and that partisan tone.

I have actually seen people contemplate their navels

The most famous living artist in America is Andy Warhol, unfortunately.

The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose.

This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.