Quotes from Owen Wilson

I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles.

It was nice that you guys have such a good sense of humor, because some people don't have the ability to laugh at something.

You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.

I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.

Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.

I lived in Rome for about five or six months during Life Aquatic.

I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving.

I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time.

It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.

That's the thing about friendship, it's a lot rarer than love, because there is nothing in it for any body.

True love is your souls recognition of its counterpoint in another.

We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore [1998] and Tenenbaums.

If someone doesn't want me, I'm not going to hang around and win them over.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.

I think of myself as a doom person. I'm a worrier. But I like the idea of being an optimist. Maybe I'm the kind of optimist who deep down knows it's not going to work.

There's what is on screen and then for us, it's if you get along with the people and enjoy showing up at work.

I care desperately about what I do. Do I know what product I'm selling? No. Do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here, and I'm gonna give it my best shot.

What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original accent.

I try to find a way to make it comfortable or interesting or funny to me.

You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.

You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.