A biography for Joe Don Bakerhasn’t been written yet.
“Criminals should be made to pay their victims back.”
“If a movie is successful, they come out with copies.”
“You never meet the writer when you're making a TV movie in America - they're too ashamed to show up and see how their work has been mangled by some committee.”
“I had better parts before I became a so-called star in 'Walking Tall.'”
“I'm not the guy you see in the movies.”
“I'm a Southern WASP, and I just don't fit in Hollywood - I can't get hired for anything here.”
“Back in school, some of my friends asked me to participate in the school's dramatic society. I did, and it opened up a whole new world for me.”
“My first two roles in New York were menacing characters and I sort of got stuck with that.”
“I went East to become an actor and where do I end up? Being a cowboy in a Western.”
“In this country, the only people who get punished for crime are the victims.”
“I only go down to Hollywood for work.”
“When I first heard about the possibility of doing a series, I didn't want to do it. When it came up a second time, it just struck me right.”
“A lot of Southern flavor comes out of me. That's just the way I am.”
“I usually just stay home and play with my cats.”
“I went to the movies ever since I was 5 or 6 years old. My parents worked during the day and they partied a lot at night. So I just went to a lot of movies.”
“I didn't get into acting for the money - the odds are really against anybody getting rich as an actor.”
“I came out of the Army determined that I would be an actor.”
“As long as you don't break any laws you can believe whatever you want to. You can believe in Martians if you want to. Just don't go out and hurt somebody over it.”
“In 'Cape Fear' I had some good funny lines.”
“One night I was watching myself on a TV show, and I picked up my favorite cat and held her to the screen so she could see me. The next day she took off and I haven't seen her since.”