39 Quotes by Kurt Russell

I'm not a good collector.

I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.

We all are capable of many different emotions and behaviors and thoughts and abilities and the way we sometimes respond to something is just very, it could be very, very different. You can one day feel this way, and the next day, feel that way.

If I hold onto something it's because I want it not because I want to display it or show it to somebody else. I've got some cool stuff, I've got some cool things.

You get burned a lot as an actor. You give somebody, you give some guy real free reign and he just doesn't know how to edit it properly. It just comes out messed up.

It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem.

I'm not much on sequels; I'm not much on remakes for the most part. I don't really like or dislike them.

If Quentin Tarantino is your writer-director then you're going to learn the words and your gonna learn why they're the words. You're gonna learn why they're the best words to say.

A great pinot chases its own tail. You drink it and you just keep finding new tastes that go with it. My dream was to make a world-class pinot and learn more about other wines as well.

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say: 'Do you want the criminals off the street or not?'

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

I know I come off differently than I think of myself. I'm always surprised by what people say about me.

I got a kick out of the stands when they would heckle me. I would take the energy from that.

Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn't exist.

I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do.

I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I'm very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn't just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game.

I wasn't really serious about acting -- I was serious about baseball.

If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do.

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.

If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.

When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.

I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.

I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference.

Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.

We all do that thing which is the best in movies -- we relate.

If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side.

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?

We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.

When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.

I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites.

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.

I always look forward to working with Goldie because she's a great person to work with.