Kevin Bacon Quotes

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Kevin Bacon

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 8, 1958

Whether it's my age or my misspent youth, sometimes I forget whether I've worked with somebody or not.

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I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.

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I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

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I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.

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When it comes to music, it's my clothes, it's my guitar, it's my voice, it's my song.

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

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We are being choked to death by the amount of plastic that we throw away. It's killing our oceans. It's entering into our bodies in the fish we eat.

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If you take me out of it, I find 'six degrees' to be a beautiful concept that we should try to live by. It's about compassion and responsibility for everyone on the planet.

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I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that's my life; that's not my work. With my work, my job is to walk in another man's shoes.

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If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.

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As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.

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Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

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Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.

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Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.

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Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.

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I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.

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

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

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

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

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