Quotes
“What would happen if you melted? You know, you never really hear this talked about much, but spontaneous combustion? It exists!…[people] burn from within …sometimes they’ll be in a wooden chair and the chair won’t burn, but there’ll be nothing left of the person. Except sometimes his teeth. Or the heart. No one speaks about this, but its for real.”
“My name can’t be *that* tough to prounounce”
“When I don’t feel free and can’t do what I want I just react. I go against it.”
When told, “You’ll just have to bite the bullet”, his reply was, “Yes, but I don’t have to eat the whole rifle”
“I’m a meathead man. You’ve got smart people, and you’ve got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.”
“I’m sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime.”
[On being a star] “It can still be very surreal. It’s easy to become very self-critical when you’re an actor. Then you get critiqued be the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgement on you.”
“It´s fun to flirt and kiss and stuff in real life. And it´s not that hard to get steamed up about someone you hardly know for a film scene either. You just have to say, ‘Excuse me if I get excited’ or ‘I´m sorry if I don´t’, you know. But love´s and easy emotion, man. It´s easy to love people. No, I´m not gay, but ya never know.”
“It’s fun to flirt and kiss and stuff in real life. And it’s not that hard to get steamed up about someone you hardly know for a film scene either. You just have to say ‘excuse me if I get excited’ or ‘I’m sorry if I don’t you know’. But love’s and easy emotion, man. It’s easy to love people.”
“Would I show my pee-pee? If I had to, I could if that’s the hardest thing I had to do on film I’d be a lucky man. But I wouldn’t want to do any gratuitous pee-pee showing”
“I’m a meathead. I can’t help it, man. You’ve got smart people and you’ve got dumb people. You just happen to be spending time with a dumb person.”
“No, I’m not gay, but you never know.”
“I don’t look like a classic North American”
“I’m pretty boring. I just read, play hockey, play music.”
“I’m sorry my existence in not very noble or sublime”
“If I don’t feel free and can’t go where I want, I react. I just go against it.”
“I don’t think I’ll end up wearing big diamond rings. I’m a very humble man, I don’t go around with a big entourage.”
“I AM normal…any other perception is a lie, leads to madness”
“I’ll hopefully be a good actor one of these days”
“Either you like me or you don’t”
“Do you know that I’m the critics’ whipping boy”
“I thank the earth and the sky everyday for the opportunities I’ve had.”
“I’m the worst bass player in the world, I have no rhythm.”
“I was hopeless at high school- I failed everything but Latin”
“My name can’t be THAT hard to pronunce”
“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way”
“When I’m dead I’ll probably only be remembered for playing Ted”
“You know what is a nice thought? Retirement. That’s what we’ve got to look forward to. A hundred movies in the can and time to relax on a warm beach.”
“Art is about trying to find the good in people and making the world a more compassionate place.” (Thanks Jayde)
“I am Mickey Mouse. They don’t know who’s inside the suit.”
“It’s like they have a separate rating, the Reevsian view. ‘Okay, here’s this Reeves guy again. What can we say about him, now.”
“I dreamed about bread and cheese when I was fasting and had fantasies of pouring wine on my head while I rolled naked in the dirt. The appetites I quelled, not vanquished, but quelled, returned with a vengeance when I quit fasting, too. My desire for chocolate was ferocious.”
“I haven’t read any fan mail in a long time because to open the letter brings greater responsibility. I have greater responsibility to family and friends that comes first.”