It's not a gift of mine, but ...

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.
 John Malkovich

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My father could be very distancing. My clearest memory is of him squatting, watering plants for hours and hours at a time, completely silent. He was very self-contained; my mother was more outgoing and chatty and social. I'm certainly more like her.
 John Malkovich
I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.
 John Malkovich
Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.
 John Malkovich
Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.
 John Malkovich
The one natural gift I have is easy access. That's the only natural I gift I have at all. You have to have that, the third eye.
 John Malkovich