Quotes by Emilio Estevez

“Writing is a lonely job unless youre a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.”

“My intention with Bobby is not to make a political picture, although the 1968 California primary figures prominently in the story. The film is about being at critical mass -- critical mass in relationships or between race, and the hotel and the characters under its roof serve as a microcosm for what was happening in the country during that time. The entire country was experiencing critical mass. Culturally, we all unraveled after that tragic night on June 5. And now, 37 years later, our country has reached critical mass once again.”

“It was important if you were a 19-year-old man at the time that Bobby Kennedy was (running for) president, because his promise was to get us out of the war, rather than escalate it.”

“The hotel and the characters under its roof serve as a microcosm for what was happening in the country during that time.”

“The hotel itself was something of a microcosm of the country at the time, reflecting the racial divisions in the U.S. at the time and how divided people were about Vietnam, ... It was important if you were a 19-year-old man at the time that Bobby Kennedy was elected president because his promise was to get us out of the war rather than escalate it.”

“In 2000, I found myself at the Ambassador Hotel for a photo shoot with my brother ( Charlie Sheen ), and I remember calling Roger going, I think I found it. Im not sure what the story is, but I think its going to be about the day Bobby Kennedy was shot. I started to do the research and started writing. I finished it about a week before 9/11.”

“I think Ive matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That its not about the celebrity status that you receive because youre doing the next hot movie. Its about doing good work.”

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. Thats what connects us--that were all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope.

Weve lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But lets not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.

Im a wonderful disaster. So are you. Were all a mess. Were in this culture that says take this pill and youll be happy, go on this diet and youll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.

“We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. Thats what connects us--that were all broken, all beautifully imperfect.”