Innocently Quotes

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.

"I love the inpatience of New York... You ever had somebody not-ask you for directions, but demand them? You`re just innocently walking down the street, you hear a horn, all of a sudden some guy`s like, `HOLLAND TUNNEL!!!` ...You know like you were supposed to fax this guy directions. Suddenly, you`re wasting HIS time. `Let`s go buddy! Holland tunnel!` `...Uh..I-I was just going to the store... I didn`t realize it was my shift. Well, let`s see... the Holland Tunnel is in my ass... alright?"

and I innocently hit an electric commercial streak, writing some songs and making some music that was just an exploration of a particular moment in my creative path but struck a chord in the country part of the culture at the time. Unfortunately for me, it sent me into a bit of self-consciousness where I sort of abandoned the patience and started thinking, `Oh, I`ve made money for these people, now I`ve got to make more money for them.` The funny thing about me is I was twisted enough that I didn`t think about the money I was making for myself. I come from a lack of privilege, post-Depression era people, and we would never presume that we possessed the worthiness to strike it rich on our own. So it sent me into trying to write hits, and it`s not my favorite time of my -- would you call it a legacy? -- my career. That`s the point where I got self-conscious, and self-consciousness is the enemy of good art. You`ve got to come from the innocent, subconsciously clear place.

We were innocently hiring someone to do a job and not being aware that it was part of something else.

Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I`m not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.