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

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.
Kevin Bacon

As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.
Kevin Bacon

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
Kevin Bacon

Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.
Kevin Bacon

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
Kevin Bacon

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.
Kevin Bacon

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.
Kevin Bacon

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

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.
Kevin Bacon


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

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.
Kevin Bacon

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.
Kevin Bacon

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
Kevin Bacon

I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.
Kevin Bacon

I have a natural swagger.
Kevin Bacon

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.
Kevin Bacon

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.
Kevin Bacon

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. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.
Kevin Bacon

I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.
Kevin Bacon