Michael Madsen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.
-- Michael Madsen

#Kids #Acting #Excuse
I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor.
-- Michael Madsen

#Thinking #Actors #Comedic
I've never been able to read for anything, and every time I have, I've never gotten the part. And I don't know why that is. I just can't. Reading or auditioning for something... It's like it's this mental block in my brain, and I just can't do it. But when people ask you to do stuff without making you go through that, it's a much more pleasant experience.
-- Michael Madsen

#Block #Reading #People
I've learned my lesson over the years about what to say and what not to say in interviews, that's for sure.
-- Michael Madsen

#Years #Lessons #Interviews
When you play a character that's someone real, when you're playing a true story, it's really great, 'cause you're not pretending to make up some silly thing.
-- Michael Madsen

#Real #Silly #Character
Is it really selling out if it feeds your family?
-- Michael Madsen

#Selling #Our Family #Selling Out
You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.
-- Michael Madsen

#Matter #Who You Are
Well, one thing for sure, I won't be remembered for 'Free Willy.' Or maybe I will.
-- Michael Madsen

#Free Will #Wells #Remembered
My career has been very strange. My career is like a heart monitor. I get involved in a good project now and then to keep things going. And then I make things that I work on that I hope are going to be good so I can make a living and keep a roof over the heads of those little monsters I have in my house.
-- Michael Madsen

#Heart #Careers #House
Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else.
-- Michael Madsen

#Encouragement #Kids #Sides
You kids shouldn't play so rough . . . somebody's gonna start crying.
-- Michael Madsen

#Children #Kids #Play
Well, he's got a much bigger circus to play with, and he has a lot more financing available, and he has a lot more time available. I think that makes a huge difference. I think he instinctively knows how to make films and all the different ways that you can make stuff. He's very gadget-wise, and he's very smart about all the different things that are available to a filmmaker nowadays, and he makes very good use of them. He has a theater in his house, for God's sake. It has proper curtains on it and everything. It's pretty wild.
-- Michael Madsen

#God #Wise #Smart
I probably made a few pictures I shouldn't have done, but I have four sons and I have to pay the rent. If you have a decision to make about whether or not you can buy groceries at the market or whether or not you're going to make a bad movie, you're going to make a bad movie.
-- Michael Madsen

#Son #Decision #Done
Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.
-- Michael Madsen

#Children #Your Children #Our Children

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