I didn't grow up with my dad, so it was always very funny to me, and always has been, what an important part DNA plays in one's life. Kiefer Sutherland More Quotes by Kiefer Sutherland More Quotes From Kiefer Sutherland I think when you get the opportunity to work with someone like Lars Von Trier... I mean, Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, just to work with those actors, you take that opportunity when you get it. Kiefer Sutherland hurtopportunitymean There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all the hope and best intentions in the world, but some films just don't work. Kiefer Sutherland filmattitudeworld I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer. Kiefer Sutherland favouriteguitarplay Commander I believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and because I do I can say this. Private Santiago is dead and that is a tragedy. But he is dead because he had no code. He is dead because he had no honor. And God was watching. Kiefer Sutherland believesonjesus What I ended up doing was kind of crafting an idea for a story, presenting it to a writer - a dear friend of mine, Brad Mirman - and he ended up writing a beautiful script. I should've done that a lot earlier. Kiefer Sutherland writingbeautifulideas I think one of the things I was most interested in finding out was how differently we approached our work. And my reality was that we didn't approach it very differently at all, which was funny. Kiefer Sutherland approachrealitythinking Were kind of in our own cocoon making it. Every once in a while you stick your head up for a second, and you just cant believe how successful the show has become. Kiefer Sutherland cocoonssuccessfulbelieve I wasn't trying to do a play or do what Kevin Spacey did. I was trying to do my own thing with it. Kiefer Sutherland kevinplaytrying When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else. Kiefer Sutherland virginiasawsmother Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys, and I didn't think I could do anything wrong. Kiefer Sutherland youthboysthinking When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. But I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully. Kiefer Sutherland bullycriminalscharacter If you're going to break cinema, film, and movies apart, very rarely to you get the opportunity to even think that you've been a part of cinema. Kiefer Sutherland cinemaopportunitythinking I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know? Kiefer Sutherland starsexpressionfather I had an unbelievable experience on '24'. We shot 198 episodes, and I was as excited about shooting the 198th as I was the first. Kiefer Sutherland excitedshootingfirsts Some people think it's because '24' was jump-started by what happened on 9/11. That was never why we made the show. We started production six months prior to 9/11, and we'd already done ten episodes. Kiefer Sutherland six-monthspeoplethinking Most of my career I've spent really nervous. Just about work, getting work and having it in. Kiefer Sutherland nervouscareers When I started, with films like 'The Bay Boy' and 'Stand by Me', I look back on those interviews and I'm amazed; there's no mention of my father; it's not even 'son of Donald Sutherland.' I caught a bit of a break in that it never felt like a weight to me. Kiefer Sutherland boysfatherson My mother's five foot two and, I'll be honest with you, she's the only person I'm scared of. Kiefer Sutherland motherfeettwo I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having. Kiefer Sutherland experiencetheatreplay People respond to a guy who is trapped and succeeds on some level and fails on another. Kiefer Sutherland succeedguypeople
