Kevin Bacon Quotes

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Kevin Bacon

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 8, 1958

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.

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I have a natural swagger.

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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

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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.

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I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

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I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.

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I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy.

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I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

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If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.

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L.A. kind of scares me.

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The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.

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There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.

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

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There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

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There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry.

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Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.

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I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.

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I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.

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Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life.

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When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'.

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