A biography for Kevin Baconhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor.”
“I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.”
“If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like he's a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that you're on your way into the grave.”
“My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.”
“'The River Wild' was great, with Meryl Streep. That guy was really a bad dude who was ultimately sort of fundamentally impotent in a weird way. That was kind of interesting.”
“There's this American dream to put enough away that you can golf and build a birdhouse or just be in a Barcalounger watching football all day. I'll never be that guy. And I'm not really sure the people who have that are all that happy. Our desires as a man are to work, plow ahead, and overcome conflict.”
“Kevin's mind goes to extremely interesting places. Every time we get a script, I go, 'Oh my God, I really didn't see that coming'.”
“I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.”
“I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.”
“L.A. kind of scares me.”
“Doing funny scary is something that is rarely good and rarely works, and it's also something that's incredibly hard to market.”
“Great writing makes great television.”
“I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.”
“My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in bands and listening to the music he was writing in the house - he's nine years older than me.”
“I have a natural swagger.”
“I have fond memories of Chris Penn, who's sadly not with us. He always made me laugh - it was great to be with him.”
“'X-Men: First Class' was fun.”
“I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.”
“Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.”
“Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.”