Quotes by Kevin Bacon

“There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.”

“Any idiot can get laid when theyre famous. Thats easy. Its getting laid when youre not famous that takes some talent.”

“Having to be a nice guy is the toughest job in the world when youre not,”

“Theres enough of my rear end already,”

“Theres an addictive quality to fame and when your celebrity starts to wane, people get a real fear about that, ... And thats why I think sometimes you see people who will put themselves on whatever real weird reality shows or theyll find themselves just back in the paper by doing something horrible. I almost get the feeling that its better than not being in the paper.”

“Career planning is an oxymoron, I find, but I am sort of trying to focus on doing something thats kind of mainstream.”

“Interestingly enough, (a decision of Atoms) is possibly part of the reason why were unable to over-turn this rating because he chose to shoot it in one master,”

“[Heather McDonalds thoughtful Broadway drama,] An Almost Holy Picture, ... I was at the theater one night and a woman said to her friend, This is a musical, isnt it?”

“Were famous for going to the hotel rooms and actually cleaning them up.”

“A River Runs Through It.”

Any marriage is hard work. But what I always say is, Keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.

I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America, I don’t believe in God, but if I did I would say that sex is a Godgiven right. Otherwise it’s the end of our species.

Id really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where Im the action guy.

Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You cant go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody elses success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.

With Transparent. When Amazon put Transparent up, along with Bosch and a few other things, I watched them, and I thought it was an interesting exercise. I didnt comment on them, but I was like, Okay, this is kind of cool.

Show me an actor who doesnt want to be famous, and Ill show you a liar. Later, you realise that theres more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.

Any idiot can get laid when theyre famous. Thats easy. Its getting laid when youre not famous that takes some talent.

My dad was an architect, and he wasnt a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.

There are two types of actors: those who say they dont want to be famous, and those who are liars.

One of the top comments I get from people is, Oh my God, youre like a regular person! Thats kind of a bizarre thing to live with. I know a lot of famous people, and their lives may not be regular, but they are regular people.