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Malcolm McDowell Quotes
English
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Actor
June 13, 1943
Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
Malcolm McDowell
Heart
People
Brain
Precious
Entertaining
Entertaining People
About
Actor
Get
Just
Too
I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Imagination
Black
Think
Afraid
Dark
Runs
Wild
Child
Country
Did
I Think
Like
Little
Lived
Nothing
Quite
Really
Which
Your
My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
Malcolm McDowell
Who
Anything
Play
Actor
Cagney
Jimmy
Villains
Could
Favorite
Played
Really
If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Look
Villain
Your
Asked
Iconic
Parts
Tend
Again
Career
Early
Get
Give
Going
Little
Over
Play
Then
There are no great scripts - just great films.
Malcolm McDowell
Great
Just
Scripts
Films
The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.
Malcolm McDowell
Impossible
Insanity
Texas
Insane
Definition
Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.
Malcolm McDowell
Best
You
Way
Try
Commit
Got
Make
Once
Something
Whole
Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Things
Most
Different
Different Things
Directors
Necessarily
Obvious
Offer
I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself.
Malcolm McDowell
Love
Think
Everything
Radio
Limit
Oneself
Plays
I Think
Open
Should
The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Feel
Push
Whatever
Comfortable
Directors
Extra
Nurturing
Make
Most
Really
Too
An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
Malcolm McDowell
Cannot
Actor
Interpret
Censor
You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Blessed
Know
Career
Incredible
Had
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I love doing every role I do!
Malcolm McDowell
Love
Doing
Every
Role
I Love
I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.
Malcolm McDowell
Who
Like
Only
Done
Conventions
Couple
Little Bit
Star
Star Trek
Trek
Welcoming
Well-Meaning
Actually
Been
Bit
Little
Really
Very
The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
Malcolm McDowell
Handsome
Never
Kid
Thing
Type
Been
Ourselves
It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.
Malcolm McDowell
True
Win
Award
Than
Academy
Academy Award
Hole
Get
Rather
The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an evening with. I never see them as bad people.
Malcolm McDowell
Evening
People
Never
Think
Bad People
Enormous
Exciting
Grounded
Villains
Wonderful People
Always
Bad
Play
See
Spend
Them
Very
Who
Wonderful
I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Character
I Am
Go
Otherwise
Professional
Seriously
Statement
About
Actor
Am
Does
Kind
Making
Social
Some
Why
I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
Malcolm McDowell
Serious
Country
Acting
Seriously
Profession
Taken
Very
Where
Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
Malcolm McDowell
America
Orange
University
Up
Clockwork
Fed
Fed Up
Teaches
Every
Get
I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
Malcolm McDowell
Love
You
Long
Will
Challenge
Always
Anything
Doing
Fun
Interesting
Just
Make
Really
Some
Try
I've tried it all. I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself.
Malcolm McDowell
Love
Think
Everything
Radio
Limit
Oneself
Plays
I Think
Open
Should
Tried
You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Yourself
Think
Fall
Bare
Dust
Hey
Hold
Hopefully
Pick
Plank
Subtleties
Again
Back
Down
Get
Just
Off
Out
Over
Playing
Really
Start
Up
I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.
Malcolm McDowell
Good
You
Blessed
Always
Incredible
Offered
Pretty Good
Worried
About
Career
Had
Just
Know
Pretty
Reason
Something
Take
I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
Malcolm McDowell
Love
Voice
Always
Genuine
Admired
Bob
Because
He
Him
I Love
Much
Thought
I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.
Malcolm McDowell
Never
Research
Circumstances
Unless
Extraordinary
Extraordinary Circumstances
Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
Malcolm McDowell
Great
Comedy
Director
Wonderful
Lester
Richard
Course
If you dunk your head in cold water, you can't stay under for more than five seconds. I mean, that's it.
Malcolm McDowell
You
Water
Your
More
Cold
Dunk
Seconds
Five
Head
Mean
Stay
Than
You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with.
Malcolm McDowell
Best
Work
You
People
Difficult People
Expect
Standards
Always
Because
Certain
Course
Different
Difficult
Got
Very
I'm not quite as buoyant as I was in my youth.
Malcolm McDowell
Youth
Quite
Buoyant
I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
Malcolm McDowell
You
Your
Know
Worry
Just One
Knees
Lifetime
Masterpiece
Thank
Thank You
About
Because
Down
Get
Just
Making
Say
Should
Those
Whether
I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.
Malcolm McDowell
Work
Always
Just
Craft
Hone
Been
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