Kevin Bacon's Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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

It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous.

L.A. kind of scares me.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

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

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

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

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'.

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.

I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through.

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.

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.

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.

There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now.

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.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

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

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