Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillonis an American actor and film director...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 February 1964
CityNew Rochelle, NY
real love-is clean
Love is messy. It's not something that's real clean.
greatest-fear growth important
One of my greatest fears is not being able to change, to be caught in a never-ending cycle of sameness. Growth is so important.
voice worry hearing
I only hear my own voice. When you start hearing other voices, then it's time to worry.
believed bitter cares cop explored extremes honest loving sick son truthful typical
It was honest and truthful to what I believed was an L.A. cop, not typical of what every cop is. It went and explored these two extremes ... bitter racist cop and really loving son who cares about his sick father. These are the complicated things we see in life.
car
You can take the car out of the junkyard, but you can't take the junkyard out of the car,
air doors important
It's important to air your concerns and fears with someone you trust. When you're honest about how you can change and grow, and where your weaknesses are, then you open the door for improvement and change.
best nominated
Certainly, I don't think many making the film would have anticipated I'd end up getting nominated or that it would be nominated for best picture.
thinking great-day actors
I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.
crazy thinking actors
I know this sounds kind of crazy, but I think we're all actors.
thinking tangled people
I do get bottled up in interviews. You're thinking about what you're saying, and suddenly you get all tangled. So people think I'm sullen, or that I don't have much to say. But my friends will tell you: a lot of times I talk too much.
believe book backyards
I'm drawn to women who live in a world different from my own. I don't believe you have to marry someone from your own backyard. James Joyce married a woman who never read any of his books.
against backlash bit francis
There was a bit of a backlash against Francis at that point,
thinking trying way
Well I can tell you that for me generally speaking that I think things that I deal with are all to do with not accepting things, not excepting life on life's terms. My life becomes a lot easier when I'm willing to just accept. I don't have to like circumstances as they are, but I have to accept them and that's where I always seem to get thrown, when I try to will my way instead of accept things the way they are.
thinking break-out able
One of my biggest fears is not being able to break out of a rut; of becoming a prisoner to my ways, unable to change course. But in my mid-thirties, I learned you can change your thinking.