Thomas Haden Church Quotes & Sayings

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span. — Thomas Haden Church

But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all. — Thomas Haden Church

Cows are a lot smarter across the board than bulls. — Thomas Haden Church

When I landed in L.A. in early '89, William Morris decided to take me on to see if I could get any jobs. I was cast in a TV movie called Protected Surf, and made $30,000 in four weeks, and I decided I needed to take acting seriously, because I had never made that much money in a year, much less four weeks. That's when I decided I thought I could make a career out of it. — Thomas Haden Church

Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become - there's a sense of regret. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience. — Thomas Haden Church

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet. — Thomas Haden Church

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure. — Thomas Haden Church

I would just turn into a giant pair of lips. "Oh God! There he is! It's Lip-Man!" — Thomas Haden Church

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides. — Thomas Haden Church

The title of the movie is open to interpretation. — Thomas Haden Church

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom. — Thomas Haden Church

I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever. — Thomas Haden Church

I have a healthy sense of vanity. I like to look good for myself, which is what a lot of women say. I want to stay fit. — Thomas Haden Church

I hate it when women fight aging with plastic surgery or fashion choices. There's this arrogant youth worship in our society. — Thomas Haden Church

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second. — Thomas Haden Church

Last summer when we were preparing for the movie, I actually kind of wanted to stay fairly uninformed about it. As we went through the process that we do in the movie, I wanted to be a little wide-eyed. — Thomas Haden Church

I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie. — Thomas Haden Church

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days. — Thomas Haden Church

He was using me. When he cast me in Sideways I was nothing but a vessel. — Thomas Haden Church

The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women. — Thomas Haden Church

Cary and I are working together on another movie, Charlotte's Web. — Thomas Haden Church

I probably am. I think Paul Giamatti also said in an interview that I was "f - king crazy." I'm flattered by that. I want to be that guy who's nuts who makes people think. — Thomas Haden Church

Kissing's a good thing, man. It's the doorbell of intimacy. — Thomas Haden Church

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references. — Thomas Haden Church

Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead. — Thomas Haden Church

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen. — Thomas Haden Church

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need. — Thomas Haden Church

But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie. — Thomas Haden Church

One that always stings is "Grow up." And it stings most when you have the suspicion that it is justified, that you have just done somethingchildish and you got nailed for it. It's probably been said to me a few times. — Thomas Haden Church

I've been an admirer of Helen Mirren for a long time. As I get older, I find myself admiring older women who have poise and elegance. — Thomas Haden Church

Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster. — Thomas Haden Church

If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs. — Thomas Haden Church

I don't want my hair to be ridiculous. But in Texas I do wear a hat a lot, so I probably have hat-head more than I'm aware of. — Thomas Haden Church

Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life. — Thomas Haden Church

Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders. — Thomas Haden Church

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school. — Thomas Haden Church

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition. — Thomas Haden Church

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago. — Thomas Haden Church

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out. — Thomas Haden Church

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf. — Thomas Haden Church

Of course, anybody's who's 26 years old will probably say, "Of course the old guy would say that." But wait until you're 45 or 46 years old. See how you feel about it then. — Thomas Haden Church

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. — Thomas Haden Church

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible. — Thomas Haden Church

It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting. — Thomas Haden Church

I like to keep my private stuff pretty vague. — Thomas Haden Church

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there. — Thomas Haden Church