John Malkovich Quotes

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: 'Why did success pass me by?'

I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

No one looks twice at me when they're around, and 'Cinderella' has made no difference. And I know that isn't going to change.

I love my role in 'Deshamuduru' but I did not get any award.

I was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award 19 times before I won. The first nine years, I heard someone else's name called; after that - I think it was a protective thing - I didn't hear whose name was called, but nobody was making eye contact with me, so I knew that it wasn't mine.

No matter how successful you are, no matter how good you are at what you do, even if a golden path rolls out in front of your feet your whole life, there will come one particularly bleak Tuesday when you glance over at Facebook and notice that Jen From Down The Hall has just won an Oscar.

I'm as proud of my work in 'Madoff' as anything I've ever done. Richard Dreyfuss turned in a bravura performance. It went unnoticed.

While I revel in the memories of my own Grammy moment, I also know how it feels to walk away empty-handed.

It's one thing to never accomplish anything. You start from the bottom, you remain at the bottom, and all you know is the bottom. When you start at the bottom and you get to the top, and you feel the success and the notoriety and the recognition from being the champion, and you go back to losing, that's a tough place to be in.

Inter did not treat me well. They did not recognise my value despite me winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.

My whole life has been completely about being underestimated. I remember when Blink signed to a major label, and we had a debut party for the signing. No one came to party, only the guy that signed us. And I remember sitting there, like, "S**t, no one likes this."

My worst fears were confirmed as Thierry and I sat in the centre circle after the final whistle. His name was sung from the rooftops, while my contribution was recognised by a deafening silence. It was like I was the invisible man

We [with Andrew Ridgeley] were getting so much attention and achieving such success. It never really bothered me.

Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.

Awards that ignore me are losers.

Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.

Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

Nobody remembers who came in second.

Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.

I know people that can't win. I know people that are very talented at sports, and they never win.

I would be glad to worship success if I could find her.