A biography for Powers Boothehasn’t been written yet.
“I like to think of myself as fairly intellectual.”
“When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.”
“There are more heroes than cops, FBI agents, and lawyers.”
“Any of us can sort of say we would do any number of things to feed our children.”
“I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.”
“I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.”
“I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel.”
“If there is anything I am about, it is I want justice in society.”
“Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker.”
“I was raised a Democrat, and now I'm an Independent.”
“When I first came to Hollywood, I played about as many guys who save the day and get the girl as I played heavies. It's just that heavies are more interesting and last in people's minds.”
“One thing that's thematically consistent in 'Sin City' is that all the performances seem to be of the same genre, like we're singing the same song.”
“Some stars can make five or six failures in a row and continue to work - with a raise. I can't figure how that works. Maybe foreign sales or a smart agent.”
“I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked.”
“You don't do classics with a Texas accent.”
“I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else.”
“Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.'”
“I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!”
“Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others.”
“The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it.”