Quote: A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: 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. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: A lot of times, the script is the thing they care about least. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: After so many years it's embarrassing to admit that I don't honestly know how much I want to be directed. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: An audience would come having been fed something about how to react, and where you'd be getting tons of laughs at the preview, the next night there'd be dead silence because they'd been told that the piece isn't funny. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: 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. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: 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. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: Clint Eastwood has always been a hero. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: 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. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: 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. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: Even the people that support Bush aren't happy with the way things are going in Iraq. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: Everything happens quickly, everyone's on the phone. He's hot, and then, He's not. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I always watch rushes. They give me a sense of whether I'm going in the right direction. You work hard and hopefully get encouragement from what you see. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I did not see M. I don't look at films to do films. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though. [Kevin Bacon]
Quote: I don't really worry so much about image. I try to just live my own life, my personal life, to my own sense of morality. In terms of the kinds of characters that I play, well, they could be anything. [Kevin Bacon]