Thomas Haden Church Quotes

I've never been married, and I've never been divorced. But I have had some very serious relationships. I was engaged twice. The way that those relationships ended, it was very very heartbreaking.

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.

Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead.

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women.

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago.

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.

The Divorce, it's just like any performance that's given where I really just completely lost myself in that life.

I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever.

I would just turn into a giant pair of lips. "Oh God! There he is! It's Lip-Man!"

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

I probably am. I think Paul Giamatti also said in an interview that I was "f--king crazy." I'm flattered by that. I want to be that guy who's nuts who makes people think.

I've been a writer longer than I've been an actor. I wrote short stories like crazy when I was in high school and college. I worked in advertising before I moved to L.A. to pursue acting.

Kissing's a good thing, man. It's the doorbell of intimacy.

If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.

Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming.

Cows are a lot smarter across the board than bulls.

I don't want my hair to be ridiculous. But in Texas I do wear a hat a lot, so I probably have hat-head more than I'm aware of.

I have a healthy sense of vanity. I like to look good for myself, which is what a lot of women say. I want to stay fit.

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet.

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.

Of course, anybody's who's 26 years old will probably say, "Of course the old guy would say that." But wait until you're 45 or 46 years old. See how you feel about it then.

I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie.

I like to keep my private stuff pretty vague.

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

I've been an admirer of Helen Mirren for a long time. As I get older, I find myself admiring older women who have poise and elegance.

Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster.

Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders.

I hate it when women fight aging with plastic surgery or fashion choices. There's this arrogant youth worship in our society.

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.