My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss. Kiefer Sutherland More Quotes by Kiefer Sutherland More Quotes From Kiefer Sutherland There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. Kiefer Sutherland knowing-better not-knowing knowing My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level. Kiefer Sutherland emotional change listening I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way. Kiefer Sutherland attractive-things laughing thinking The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it. Kiefer Sutherland advice believe father I've always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, that has 'I love you, Daddy' written on it. She's always made fun of me because I never changed that picture out. It's like my resistance to her getting older. It was the first thing she'd ever written to me and it means the world to me. Kiefer Sutherland i-love-you daughter fun Love is a self-manifested notion depending on how lonely you are - so if you're really attracted to someone, and you're really lonely, I think you can fall in love in an instant. It's all about where you're at. Kiefer Sutherland falling-in-love lonely love-is Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much. Kiefer Sutherland my-way stuff way I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set. Kiefer Sutherland peaceful sun feels If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show we've got a really big problem. Kiefer Sutherland training military television I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive. Kiefer Sutherland realizing gone television I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it. Kiefer Sutherland lines film want When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I dont have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies. Kiefer Sutherland movie bored worry Isn't it funny? You hear a phone ring and it could be anybody. But, a ringing phone has to be answered doesn't it? Kiefer Sutherland phone-booth phones rings I've always been shocked that people that I'm actually flying with say, 'Oh, I feel safer on the plane with you.' I'm thinking, 'You must not watch the show because everybody around me gets killed.' Kiefer Sutherland flying people thinking One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge. Kiefer Sutherland guy ordinary way I've done some stupid things. You just have to take responsibility, go, That was embarrassing, and move forward as best you can. Kiefer Sutherland stupid mistake moving There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom. Kiefer Sutherland bathroom doe two I had never gone to college, I left school at a really early age, and all of a sudden I've got six really great friends hanging out with me every night. And we were a really tight group, and we just had an absolute blast. Kiefer Sutherland college night school Westerns just thematically, as a genre, have kind of a few tent poles that I really admire, and one of them is this perception that life was simpler back then. And with that perception goes that people were good or people were bad. You survived by your strengths or you perished by your weaknesses. Kiefer Sutherland tents perception people I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character. Kiefer Sutherland personality character believe
