We don't have that much time left to do it. I'm 80. I wanted to be Walter Huston to his John Huston. I wanted him to direct me, not in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but something. We'll see. We can't predict anything. Donald Sutherland More Quotes by Donald Sutherland More Quotes From Donald Sutherland Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ?Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change ? Donald Sutherland hopeful beautiful negative I never think of this business as fun. I don't know why. I think I've actually said something about it being fun, but I don't think of it that way. It's not fun, doing it. It's joyful, it's passionate, it's rewarding, it's a pursuit of truth, but I don't think of it as fun. It's not a game. Donald Sutherland games fun thinking It's the things we love most that destroy us. Donald Sutherland mockingjay president-snow I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working. Donald Sutherland able guy play I was so disappointed [with movie Forsaken], but maybe I hadn't talked enough with the director. I don't know. But, Kiefer worked it out. Kiefer took it and re-edited it. I don't know whether he talks about that. He's probably more discreet than I am because Jon is a friend of his. Now, it fulfills what I was hoping for, and what we were working on and doing. Donald Sutherland forsaken enough directors I come from Nova Scotia, and I'd never seen a theater or been inside of a theater. When I was 17, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I thought I would like to be an actor. I didn't have any idea what it was to be an actor. None. I'd wanted to be either an actor or a sculptor, which are both essentially the same thing. That's how it all started for me. Donald Sutherland dad actors ideas One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. Donald Sutherland measurement opinion experts I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen. Donald Sutherland careers play dirty Fundamentally, people are suckers for the truth. Donald Sutherland truth reality people I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting. Donald Sutherland cynicism acting thinking I have no idea. I get involved because I think there's value in the project and because I love the character that is presented to me. I love the opportunity to examine a character, and to have him examine me, live inside me and move my hands. I love that. It's irresistible. It's a drug. Donald Sutherland opportunity character moving Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you. Donald Sutherland too-much fire trying If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Oh, you know something? I'm so far away from believing that it exists, and the only thing I know are jokes about it. Donald Sutherland far-away heaven believe Well, I was always cast as an artistic homicidal maniac. But at least I was artistic! Donald Sutherland casts artistic wells I would look a little silly playing Casanova now. Donald Sutherland stupid silly looks The only thing I feel passionate about is my wife. Donald Sutherland my-wife passionate wife Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn't made the mistakes I made, I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman I've been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK. Donald Sutherland dumb mistake years No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had. Donald Sutherland cost government country When I do a film, the days before or the night before, I throw up. Sometimes it's just in my mouth and I swallow it back, but sometimes it's real. Whatever it is, it's hard. I don't do the first five or ten minutes of my character's appearance in a movie until the middle of the shooting schedule because I don't want him to be defined by my nervousness. So, we do the middle of the picture first. Donald Sutherland real character night I thought, "Oh, my god, that's what happens every time I talk with a journalist in the middle of shooting and I talk about my character. I describe him, I objectify him, and I kill him." So, I've never spoken with a journalist in the middle of a film. I don't do the EPK until the very end of a film. I can't talk about Kiefer's process, but what he brings to the table is beautiful. Donald Sutherland shooting beautiful character
