Kiefer Sutherland quotes

Kiefer Sutherland is a Canadian actor, producer, and director, widely known for his role as Jack Bauer in the television series "24". His career spans decades and includes notable performances in both film and television. He has received numerous awards and recognition for his contributions to the entertainment industry. Here are 40 of his quotes:

I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive. (Kiefer Sutherland)

I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.

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If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show we've got a really big problem.

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Love is a self-manifested notion depending on how lonely you are - so if you're really attracted to someone, and you're really lonely, I think you can fall in love in an instant. It's all about where you're at.

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I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?

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I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto.

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I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.

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I think that the day you've figured out the differences between women and men is the day that you're no longer attracted to women. It's the difference that is so fantastic and frustrating and angering, and really sexy.

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My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level.

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I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.

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I've always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, that has 'I love you, Daddy' written on it. She's always made fun of me because I never changed that picture out. It's like my resistance to her getting older. It was the first thing she'd ever written to me and it means the world to me. (Kiefer Sutherland)

There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.

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I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all of these things absolutely have a profound effect.

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There are three things we need to do for a band. We need to make a great record; we need to get the record played; and we need to find an audience for the live shows.

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Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys, and I didn't think I could do anything wrong.

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When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else.

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When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.

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I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having.

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I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then.

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When I wasn't the flavor of the week or month or day, those were hard times.

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When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies. (Kiefer Sutherland)

The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous.

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I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it.

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My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of.

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One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge.

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Kiefer Sutherland

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Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0

Occupation: Canadian Actor
Born: December 21, 1966
Quotes count: 40
Wikipedia: Kiefer Sutherland

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