Kevin Bacon Quotes

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

A lot of people believe in reading reviews. If I get too focused on some detail of what they've said about me, I'm going to end up shooting myself in the foot.

Obviously, my perception of the world is one where humans are a threat to our survival.

It's easy to get laid when you're rich and famous. When you're broke and unknown, it takes skill.

Doing funny scary is something that is rarely good and rarely works, and it's also something that's incredibly hard to market.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.

I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.

I don't create the movies I'm in. When it comes to music, it's my clothes, it's my guitar, it's my voice, it's my song.

I want to see the numbers that prove that show-business marriages are any less successful than other marriages. It's just very public when they fail.

Doing the press, it's part of my job, so I do it with a smile on my face, but I'm not comfortable in the hot seat.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

A lot of times, the script is the thing they care about least.

If you look at my movie career, I do switch it up a lot. I'm always looking for a lot of different parts. It's been a while since I've been in a situation that was romantic.

I like to hike and cook. I enjoy furniture and design - not making it, just looking at it. I'm always kind of trying to spread my interests around and try new things.

'Kung Fury!' I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing.

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars.

My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.