Kevin Bacon Speaks

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
Kevin Bacon

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.
Kevin Bacon

As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.
Kevin Bacon

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
Kevin Bacon

Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.
Kevin Bacon

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
Kevin Bacon

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.
Kevin Bacon

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.
Kevin Bacon

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.
Kevin Bacon

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.
Kevin Bacon

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.
Kevin Bacon

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.
Kevin Bacon

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.
Kevin Bacon

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
Kevin Bacon

I have a natural swagger.
Kevin Bacon

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.
Kevin Bacon

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again-I just have to find a story I want to tell.
Kevin Bacon

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.
Kevin Bacon

I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.
Kevin Bacon

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.
Kevin Bacon

I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy.
Kevin Bacon

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.
Kevin Bacon

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
Kevin Bacon

If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.
Kevin Bacon

If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.
Kevin Bacon

It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous.
Kevin Bacon

L.A. kind of scares me.
Kevin Bacon

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.
Kevin Bacon

The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.
Kevin Bacon

There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.
Kevin Bacon

There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.
Kevin Bacon

There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.
Kevin Bacon

There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry.
Kevin Bacon