American actor (1958- )
I say the secret to longevity is longevity. Hang in there long enough and keep working. When I was a kid I thought I knew everything there was to know about the business and the more I work, the more I know how much more there is to know and how much more I have to learn.
KEVIN BACON
The Independent, May 11, 2017
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.
KEVIN BACON
"The Outsider Wants In", The Times, December 1, 2005
Before, my managers knew never to mention a TV series to me, because they knew how furious that would make me. I'd look at it like a vote of no confidence in my movie career, that I was going to be sent off to the television graveyard. But at a certain point I looked at the stuff I was consuming -- The Sopranos, The Wire -- and I realised the writers went to TV because they'd been screwed by the movies. It was still a difficult moment for me. I mean, my hand was shaking. Then they sent me three scripts, and they were three of the best scripts I'd seen in years. I was like, "Schmuck, you could've jumped on this years ago!"
KEVIN BACON
The Guardian, May 20, 2017
There's something therapeutic about nudity ... Take away the Gucci or Levi's and we're all the same.
KEVIN BACON
Style Magazine, 1999
I've done tonnes of things that have not been successful -- movie after movie after movie that just went right in the toilet. You have to get yourself ready for those dips.
KEVIN BACON
The Independent, May 11, 2017
I just try to stay true to the characters that I'm asked to play and outside of that, if I do a commercial that pokes fun at myself or if I have a silly game that's named after me, that's okay. It is what it is.
KEVIN BACON
The Independent, May 11, 2017
You have to keep in mind that, when I started as an actor, I was never going to do television. I did Guiding Light, and after that was over, I was done with television. I did a year of Guiding Light, and I was going to be a movie actor or a stage actor, but not a TV actor. That just wasn't going to happen. And obviously, things changed so remarkably. For years and years, people would say, "The business is changing." And I would say, "The business is not changing. It's exactly the same as it was in the '70s, the '80s and the '90s." But all of a sudden, the business changed, and it really did change.
KEVIN BACON
Collider, August 24, 2016
I don't read reviews. I haven't read them for probably 30 years. I can't. When they're bad, they're really rough, and when they're good, they're not good enough.
KEVIN BACON
Collider, August 24, 2016
You don't want things to be nice and settled. You think you do. But you don't.
KEVIN BACON
"What I've Learned", Esquire, March 2014
Hollywood is more of an idea than a place.
KEVIN BACON
"What I've Learned", Esquire, March 2014
I don't like watching my old films because I don't like what I did.
KEVIN BACON
The Independent, May 11, 2017
I'm not a public speaker. I don't even like making toasts. It hits me in a way I can't really explain. I've literally sat with a therapist to try to figure out what that is, because I'm such a public persona.
KEVIN BACON
The Guardian, May 20, 2017
There's always an element of caution when you say yes to projects, but what's unique about television is you oftentimes have no idea where it's going to go so there's a big leap of faith.
KEVIN BACON
The Independent, May 11, 2017
LA's a really great place to be if your movie's number one at the box office, or if your television show's a hit, but the rest of the time you're just...
KEVIN BACON
The Guardian, May 20, 2017