Kevin Bacon

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

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

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

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.

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.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

L.A. kind of scares me.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.