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Woody Harrelson Quotes

Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me.

– Woody Harrelson

Some people make a great film and then they can’t follow up.

– Woody Harrelson

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting.

– Woody Harrelson

‘Natural Born Killers’ is really a misunderstood romantic comedy.

– Woody Harrelson

I used to have Bible studies at my house. I was in the choir. I was mischievous but also a real mama’s boy. It was a pretty happy childhood.

– Woody Harrelson

The history taught in our schools is scandalous. We grew up believing that Columbus actually discovered America. We still celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus was after one thing only – gold.

– Woody Harrelson

There’s just something extraordinary about that Selma Hayek.

– Woody Harrelson

On ‘The Messenger,’ just imagining playing the part of a soldier in that movie was kind of hard for me. And in ‘Rampart,’ the idea of playing a cop was even harder. It was hard to imagine myself as a cop.

– Woody Harrelson

When I’m in New York, I bike everywhere. I have a couple of bikes stored over at Ed Norton’s. It’s the only way to go. But in Hawaii, I drive. I have a little Volkswagen Bug, from the ‘Drive it? Hug it?’ phase. I run it on biodiesel.

– Woody Harrelson

With ‘Hunger Games,’ it’s about people rising up to fight against a corrupt government that controls them.

– Woody Harrelson

Salma is just one of the great goddesses ever put on this Earth.

– Woody Harrelson

Everything I do, I try to think, ‘Okay, what are the ramifications?’ Like, with the clothes I wear, I prefer if it’s grown organically, because cotton – which is what’s used in most clothing – takes up 50 percent of all pesticide use.

– Woody Harrelson

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, ‘Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.’

– Woody Harrelson

I related to his disillusionment. Thinking that he was going for this big dream. Then he kind of saw through it all at one point and went back home. Then he started a bender, which I can relate to of course.

– Woody Harrelson

We’ve killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war – mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.

– Woody Harrelson

I have a strong spiritual life. I can’t say that I have faith that Jesus is my Savior, but I look at Jesus in the same way that I look at, you know, Mohammed. He was giving everyone the goods. So was Gandhi.

– Woody Harrelson

You have to focus on what you’re passionate about. For me it’s the forests and of course, because I’m concerned about the forests, I’m concerned about the way paper is made.

– Woody Harrelson

If I’m in Maui, I play soccer and tennis and go kite-surfing. I prefer doing a sport as opposed to going to a gym. I’m not big on gyms. When I did ‘Rampart,’ I lost 30 pounds because I felt it was better for the character. I worked out constantly, maybe twice a day, and minimized caloric intake.

– Woody Harrelson

When I had just started ‘Cheers,’ my nerves were ajangle, to put it mildly. I was absolutely terrified. What you’re learning is to not show the fear, and to ultimately overcome it so that the level of relaxation is commensurate with the level of tension.

– Woody Harrelson

The state of the health of the individual is equivalent to the state to the health of the colon.

– Woody Harrelson

I don’t believe in politics. I’m an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.

– Woody Harrelson

Right now there should be a moratorium on the cutting down of old growth in this country. That is a small thing to ask at this point. There is only four percent of old growth left. Ninety-six percent of it has been cut down.

– Woody Harrelson

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