Kurt Russell Quotes

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn't exist.

I'm not much on sequels; I'm not much on remakes for the most part. I don't really like or dislike them.

Baseball shaded my entire outlook on life, because that's how I first saw the world. I looked at everything, even today, through what I learned about the game. Like pacing yourself, focusing yourself, preparing yourself for what you want to do, keeping yourself healthy for the game. I do all that through the eyes of a ballplayer.

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

I'm a libertarian. I think a lot of people are libertarians and are afraid to admit it - or don't know.

If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.

When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.

I always look forward to working with Goldie because she's a great person to work with.

I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I'm very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn't just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game.

I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things ...

You can always tell somebody's sense of humor by if they like this movie or not.

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.

I think I've done a lot of movies that people would like to have seen a sequel to. But I grew up in a time when we didn't do sequels. You just did a movie because you wanted to do a movie and you wanted to tell a story. It wasn't to build a franchise.

It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem.

I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball.

I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.

I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference between a Democrat and Republican, I became a libertarian.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites.

I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting.

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?

We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate.

I got a kick out of the stands when they would heckle me. I would take the energy from that.

Sure I love Goldie. How could you not love Goldie? Everyone loves Goldie. I love her, and I hope our love will continue, but I don't want to give an I-love-Goldie-Hawn interview.