Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American actor and musician whose films include musical-drama film Footloose, the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller JFK, the legal drama A Few Good Men, the historical docudrama Apollo 13, and the mystery drama Mystic River. Also on television, he starred in the Fox series The Following from 2013 to 2015. Bacon has won a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. The Guardian named him...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 July 1958
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I always watch rushes. They give me a sense of whether I'm going in the right direction. You work hard and hopefully get encouragement from what you see.
I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.
There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.
My family survived losing money to Bernie Madoff incredibly well compared to others.
It's easy to get laid when you're rich and famous. When you're broke and unknown, it takes skill.
Obviousl, my perception of the world is one where humans are a threat to our survival.
We're retaining a part of the program, but canceling a part we consider to be underutilized.
We're famous for going to the hotel rooms and actually cleaning them up.
There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.
There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now.