Quotes from Kevin Bacon

When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'.

From the time I signed on to 'The Following,' things have already vastly changed in the entertainment world in general. It's an adjustment for me.

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

I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself.

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.

I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.

I want to see the numbers that prove that show-business marriages are any less successful than other marriages. It's just very public when they fail.

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.

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.

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

I'm new to this TV thing, at least as an actor. It's a challenge. The thing I have to adjust to is the changing directors every week. That's new for me. I tend to establish with a director - and then two days later, he's gone.

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

People work so hard, and I want to keep that energy up, and you can spread that if you're the actor. But I'm also not able to turn it on and off like a faucet. A lot of what I'm called upon to play is violent or angry. When I'm messing around with the crew and making jokes, I remember, 'Oh, this is the guy I normally am.'

My family survived losing money to Bernie Madoff incredibly well compared to others.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings.

Doing funny scary is something that is rarely good and rarely works, and it's also something that's incredibly hard to market.