Quotes by Sam Rockwell - Page 1

An editor is like a painter. There is a magic in that.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Editors
Magic
Painter
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I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Actors
Anarchist
Thinking
Actor
Good Actor
Good Actor Think
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You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Calories
Like You
Used
Burn
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I had a great time with John Duigan he's pretty amazing.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Great Times
Had A Great Time
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I had a great time with John Duigan; he's pretty amazing.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Time Great Amazing
Great Time
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I've done a lot of sorts of films that are under the radar.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Radar
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I've done so many independents for so many years. Leads that nobody's seen.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Done
Years
Independents
Leads
So Many Years
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I'm not going to just do a dumb zombie movie, although I love zombie movies.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Dumb
Zombie
Zombie Movie
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I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Cry
Drama
Always People Laugh
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Well, you know, it's fun to sign autographs still for me. I don't sign that many.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Autographs
Me Fun Know
Sign
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Good Movie
Weeks
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I copied everything I did in Galaxy Quest from Bill Paxton in Aliens, I owe him some credit.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Bills
Credit
Quests
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I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Acting
Constant
Fuel
Melancholy
Want
Fuels
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I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Film Actors
Glenn
Glenn Close
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I have memories of films that nobody ever saw, that I was very proud of, and those are still great memories.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Great Memories
Memories
Proud
Saws
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Art
Character
Dangerous
Martial Arts
Mind
Training
Since
Arts
Did
Assassin
Confessions
Martial
Some
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My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Dad
Mother
Parent
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I saw things at an early age because my mom was a theater actress. I did a play with her when I was 10 years old.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Early Age
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My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Painter
Dad Mother Parents
Acted
Dad Parents Mother
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I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' a little bit.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Daughter
Coal
Coal Miners
Mother
Taxi
Driver
Influenced
Lee
Miner
Taxi Driver
Tommy
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It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Charlie
Great Script
Improvise
Script
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After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Ageing
So Many Years
Wanting
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I sometimes can't do movies just for the money. I really can't. I mean, I've tried. Believe me, I'd love to just take the money and run.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Running
Believe
Mean
Sometimes
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I think people are happier when they have structure, you know? You realize that as you get older. You have to have rituals and structure.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
People
Realizing
Thinking
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I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
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Cuckoos
Easy
Five
Parent
Pieces
Sophisticated
Watched
Cuckoo
Parents
Nest
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Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character guy or the villain.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Villain
Weirdo
Category
Label
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Brando
Touched
God Work Myself
Journeyman
Work Hard
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I was certainly naïve about the judicial system in America. There's a lot of people who are in prison who are innocent. The system is very flawed.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
America
People
Prison
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Some actors don't want to, but I prefer to. I like to collaborate. Sometimes you have to keep it to yourself, and people want to do their own thing.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Yourself People Sometimes
Prefer
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I do everything I can to have a diverse career because I just want to have options. I know that I can do Hamlet or I can do Stanley Kowalski, you know.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Diverse
Stanley
Hamlet
Options
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One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Bugs
Cry
Drama
Fake
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I used to break dance. I can do some good James Brown footwork. But now I think I've danced too much. My girlfriend made fun of me: 'Enough with the dancing.'
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Footwork
Good Enough Me
Good Me Fun
Danced
James
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Fun
Might
San Francisco
Good Money Day
Francisco
Have Fun
Originally
Pocket
San
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I'm happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the kind of roles I wanted. It was constraining. My face didn't fit my innards until I reached 40.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Lines
Finally
Looked
Reached
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Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Acting
Gifted
Good Acting
Leonardo
People
Technique
Studied
Naturally
Good Amazing People
Dicaprio
However
Leonardo Dicaprio
Some People
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I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actors, a master class. A lot of emotional power, a lot of emotional depth but it's contained and you just see the tip of the iceberg.
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Bible
Depth
Film Actors
Iceberg
Taxi
Tip Of The Iceberg
Contained
Driver
Master
Steal
Taxi Driver
Tip
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Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view about acting and doesn't seem jaded at all. She seems more like a student and yet she is veteran actor who really brings it.
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Jaded
Point Of View
Veteran
Brings
Fresh
Macdonald
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Clark Gregg and I are around the same age. He has been an actor and is a writer. But with a first-time director, there is a way to talk about things they might not know. Because Clark was an actor, though, he knew more about the process than most first-time directors.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Directors
Clark
Same Age
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I've studied a technique called the Sanford Miesner technique, that teaches you how to focus. It's mainly about daydreaming. And the technique's really about imaginary circumstances. Using your imagination to sort of daydream about stuff. It makes you emotional in a scene.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Circumstances
Daydreaming
Imaginary
Technique
Studied
Daydream
Mainly
Teaches
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I took a break after 'Confessions.' I was real picky. And then I suddenly realized I hadn't worked in a year. And I was sort of, like, not really happy. I think people are happier when they have structure, you know? You realize that as you get older. You have to have rituals and structure.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Picky
Structure
People Know Real
Confessions
Happier
Rituals
Suddenly
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In theatre you can't ad lib, so you want to pick really good material, like David Mamet or Shakespeare or whatever. You want to be really careful about what you do. But in the movies, you do have more wiggle-room. You do have more opportunities to improvise. It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Opportunity
Fun
Thinking
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It's hard to not get typed in Hollywood. They really want to type you. I'm trying to avoid that, because I want to do a lot of things. I know what I'm capable of. I forgive them because they don't know. They haven't seen me play Hamlet. They're not going to cast me as an English aristocrat. I'm going to have to prove that on my own. That's okay. That's what you have to fight for if you want to be an artist.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Artist
Fighting
Play
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You want to make a little money, and sometimes you want to play some really great parts. Sometimes they don't always coincide, or co-exist. Sometimes you've got to do good parts for no money and... You know, I sometimes can't do movies just for the money. I really can't. I mean, I've tried. Believe me, I'd love to just take the money and run. That might just be part of the equation, but there has to be something there. You have to be somewhat creatively satisfied.
Sam Rockwell / Actor
Running
Believe
Mean
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