Quotations and phrases

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

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

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

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
-- Kevin Bacon

Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.
-- Kevin Bacon

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

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

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.
-- Kevin Bacon

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

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

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.
-- Kevin Bacon

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

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

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

I have a natural swagger.
-- Kevin Bacon

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.
-- Kevin Bacon

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.
-- Kevin Bacon

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.
-- Kevin Bacon

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

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.
-- Kevin Bacon

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.
-- Kevin Bacon

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

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
-- Kevin Bacon

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

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

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.
-- Kevin Bacon

L.A. kind of scares me.
-- Kevin Bacon

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.
-- Kevin Bacon

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.
-- Kevin Bacon

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.
-- Kevin Bacon

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

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

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

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