Jon Voight Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I play a detective, very close to myself actually.

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?'

I'm really excited about that picture, just because the ingredient - Can you imagine saying you've never seen anything like this before?

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

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

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

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.

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.

Trivia

Jon is 6'3" (1.91 m).

Jon played a boxer in the films The All-American Boy (1973) and The Champ (1979), he played Paul Sarone in the 1997 film Anaconda, Patrick Gates in the 2004 film National Treasure