Voight Quotes

#1. There's the young Jon Voight and the old Jon Voight.

Jon Voight

#2. I'm so much more than just Angelina [Jolie's] brother. I'm also Jon Voight's son and Billy Bob Thorton's brother-in-law.

James Haven

#3. Like Jon Voight, Pat Boone, Kelsey Grammer, and Gary Sinise, Clint Howard is one of the few courageous enough to identify himself publicly as a conservative.

Ronald Kessler

#4. I actually think I need 'Homeland' rehab. And that Ray Donovan. I think I've watched every episode more than once. Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright and Jon Voight have made me fall in love with acting again.

Tasha Smith

#5. I'm a writer and director. And the movie I've seen a million times is 'Coming Home,' directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern.

Jonathan Levine

#6. I always loved how people like Jon Voight and Laurence Olivier shocked you every time they came on-screen. They were so different each time. That's what I hope to do with acting - be the chameleon and not get stuck in a type.

Julia Stiles

#7. I have a feeling he felt Jon Voight had run away with the film, which he didn't, though he was brilliant in it, in a much less easy part. I just don't know what had got into him, but something had.

John Schlesinger

#8. If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?

Jon Voight

#9. When I'm near a native community, I visit it. If I hear there's a spiritual person in the neighborhood, I'll seek them out.

Jon Voight

#10. Everyone's unique; no one's ever alike. But my son has the same good cheer as my father. He's capable of making a room happy with a few words.

Jon Voight

#11. People know who I am. I have less ability to be intimidated, in a sense, than others coming up.

Jon Voight

#12. The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.

Jon Voight

#13. Well sir, I may not be a for-real cowboy ... But I am one hell of a stud!

Jon Voight

#14. One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.

Jon Voight

#15. Being on the left is a no-brainer. You don't have to do anything to be on the left. You just have to keep your mouth shut and go along with the crowd.

Jon Voight

#16. It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.

Jon Voight

#17. You start where you can get an opportunity, you take everything that you can do to gain entrance. You do the little work and you try to find people who can teach you.

Jon Voight

#18. 'Climb Every Mountain' is a beautiful statement of philosophy. Critics may think 'The Sound of Music' is saccharine, but I think it's profound. The message, that we can't accommodate evil, is just as important today.

Jon Voight

#19. I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement.

Jon Voight

#20. We are a species driven by innovation and creativity. The world is full of information and any number of things to learn and discover at any given time, so if you are bored, it's your choice. As such, you're not allowed to complain.

Ginger Voight

#21. Nothing beats being really honest about who you are and what you need. All the rest just works itself out.

Jon Voight

#22. Sometimes a little heartbreak is a lesson, and the best thing to do is just learn the lesson.

Jon Voight

#23. I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.

Jon Voight

#24. There's something real in women's intuition. It's an accurate signpost for decision making, but it usually bumps up against man's logic. So we have to put ego aside and listen to them.

Jon Voight

#25. Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.

Jon Voight

#26. If you're lucky enough to find love, what else in the world could you possibly need?

Ginger Voight

#27. If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

Jon Voight

#28. I briefly stole a look from Vanni, who's dark eyes seem to speak volumes in a language I was not familiar. I did t speak Cheating Dirt Bag, nor did I with to learn.

Ginger Voight

#29. Angelina is my daughter and I am always wishing her the best.

Jon Voight

#30. This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.

Jon Voight

#31. I'm honored to be at the side of Michele Bachmann. She is a great congresswoman. She is a great human being, and she is a true American patriot.

Jon Voight

#32. Something happens when your subconscious goes to work ... That's why 'Sleep on it' is an adage.

Jon Voight

#33. You can get digital technology that almost is film quality, and go make little films and do everything you can to find a little understanding of your own voice and it will grow - Don't take no for an answer - Take every opportunity you can to do something.

Jon Voight

#34. My father always said, 'Bet on yourself.'

Jon Voight

#35. You want me,Andy. I can feel it.
Yes I want you, I admitted.
In a way you'll never want me.

Ginger Voight

#36. I just think that I'm a person who's trying to find the truth and express it as I, you know, get the opportunity.

Jon Voight

#37. The people who voted for President Obama are just beginning to wake up to exactly what they brought in. The 'change' they envisioned is not the 'change' they have gotten.

Jon Voight

#38. I play a detective, very close to myself actually.

Jon Voight

#39. Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

Jon Voight

#40. This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.

Jon Voight

#41. Do not let the Obama administration fool you with all their cunning Alinsky methods. And if you don't know what that method is, I implore you to get the book 'Rules for Radicals,' by Saul Alinsky. Mr. Obama is very well trained in these methods.

Jon Voight

#42. I've been very fortunate - You only can do what you're offered, you know?

Jon Voight

#43. He was her drug. He always had been. And until that very moment neither of them realized that she was his as well. He couldn't get enough

Ginger Voight

#44. You feel like heaven," he whispered against my lips as he palmed my breast brazenly. "And you taste like sin. I'm drunk on you, Rachel.

Ginger Voight

#45. I was raised Catholic ... I fell in love with certain ideals.

Jon Voight

#46. Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.

Jon Voight

#47. It's grown into a personal relationship, yeah. I'm crazy about Jerry. I think he's a unique character.

Jon Voight

#48. I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?'

Jon Voight

#49. I'd say that all nations have contact with the truth, and all religions have admirable people.

Jon Voight

#50. There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country?

Jon Voight