Malone Quotes

(On his money setbacks): I trusted my manager with my money during my illness. Now I was broke. Money woes stayed with me. I grabbed whatever pictures were offered. Admittedly films like Malone (1987), _Rent-A-Cop (1987)_ and Switching Channels (1988) all made between the end of 1986 and the middle of 1987, helped my bank account. But they were making me part of an endangered species, an old actor. However, there are times when you can be artistic, and times when you have to be realistic.

Karl Malone`s too high-class for a bum like me.

(On inspirational actors) "Certain actors performance even in bad films can be incredible, and inspiring. Some of my favorite actors weren`t very well noticed in their careers: John Malone was a great actor, he came from the Peking Theatre. And Chow Yun Fat, John Woo is a great guy and an inspiring person. Along the way there are moments from all kinds of movies, if I find 5 minutes in any film worth watching it is worth watching the film. I love finding that gem of a performance. There are so many actors who are so talented. The one best thing on Millennium was meeting new actors every week. I always tried to make them feel welcome."

I don`t have a problem wearing suits, but that`s not who I am, ... You had one of the greatest power forwards of all time, Karl Malone, and he came to the games in jeans, a T-shirt, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. It`s going to be hard for me to change.

(on being typecast) If you look at the careers of people like Anthony Quinn, Cagney, even Tommy Lee Jones, they all were cast as villains. There comes a certain point in your life, in your late 30s, early 40s, when suddenly that can change. Maybe a director sees a glimpse of something else within you along the way. I played comedy in The Goonies, which showed something else was going on. Even when I played the Bond villain in Licence to Kill, there were some people who were rooting for that character ahead of the traditional hero. Now, in Profiler, I get to play Bailey Malone, and I get to show another essence of myself. Stage performances show off multi-varied aspects of an actor, film has always been something else entirely. You always have a prejudice as to what you can and can`t do, but your soul is able to come out more.

(About Jena Malone in Pride and Prejudice) "I think Jena helped a lot because I have sort of leaned on her the whole summer basically, a) in my character and b) just because she is so much more experienced than I am. She kind of psyches me up for stuff and sort of helps me get in the giggly frame of mind."