Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevezis an American actor, director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, and also acting in the 1983 hit movie The Outsiders. He is also known for Repo Man, The Mighty Ducks and its sequels, Stakeout, Maximum Overdrive, Bobby, and his performances in Western films such as Young Guns and its sequel...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 May 1962
CityStaten Island, NY
CountryUnited States of America
There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope.
Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.
Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.
All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless.
Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.
We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone?
We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.
We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.
What does it take to get you to the point where you have to kill your brother? It's biblical, it's huge. It's so personal.
We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that's the only way we grow.
The low-hanging fruit is cynicism and pessimism, and it's there if you want it. You can reach out and you can grab it, you don't even have to make any effort.
There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope.
A biopic would have required hiring an actor, and I always wanted to just let Bobby be Bobby. My thought was it would make it a more universal story to focus on ordinary people rather than this extraordinary man.
Where people are now in terms of the economic crisis, they're looking at what we think is the bottom, and I think that's when people look to film and to spirituality.