• "I've tried
like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been
able to do that at times. But even HE has a hard time making The Appaloosa a
good movie."
--Dylan McDermott in US, April 1997
•
"As an actor, I grew up with Eugene O'Neill as my idol. And I felt that
David Kelley [creator of The Practice and Ally McBeal] was
sort of like the modern Eugene O'Neill in terms of someone who could write
for me. In the back of my head I always thought I needed a creative partner.
I thought of Tennessee Williams writing for Marlon Brando, Scorsese
directing De Niro … creative couples who sort of work off each other. I felt
I needed that to help me find my signature piece-every actor needs that
signature piece if he wants to go to the next level. And I thought David
Kelley would be that person for me. This is a guy who, between our show and
Ally McBeal, writes 100 pages of top-quality script a week. I watch
him, but I still don't know how the hell he does it." -McDermott to the
Daily News (01/99)
•
"My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates
everywhere."-Dylan in Movieline
• "It's
like, no matter what I do, I always feel like I'm five years old, and I end
up in the back of my father's car
looking out the window, and nothing has changed in 25 years."
•
"I was grateful for ['The
Practice,'] but it was a long time and I just wasn't available [for anything
else]; I was always working."
•
"I guess my
style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood."
•
"Never wear
plaid."
•
"The Victorian
era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans."
•
"I was happy it
wasn't about the guy's looks, but about what his struggle is,”
•
"The Schwarzenegger
administration should protect our children and not the special interests and
get rocket fuel out of drinking water.”
