Don Johnson Quotes

• You’re in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It’s all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.

  Don Johnson

• This is what I do for a living. It’s not who I am as a human being.

  Don Johnson

• The way our business is, the way it works out, we end up being residents of everywhere.

  Don Johnson

• The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side.

  Don Johnson

• People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don’t want to know nothing about you!

  Don Johnson

• Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

  Don Johnson

• My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons.

  Don Johnson

• My favorite actor is Wallace Beery.

  Don Johnson

• London is one of the most enchanting places I’ve ever been on this planet.

  Don Johnson

• Let me just say, I’ve seen a pub or two.

  Don Johnson

• It’s my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I’ve done, and I am in most cases.

  Don Johnson

• It’s a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day.

  Don Johnson

• It wasn’t a mission to be a rock star. It wasn’t a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

  Don Johnson

• If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn’t really matter what it is.

  Don Johnson

• If I die tomorrow, I’ve accomplished everything I wanted to do in life.

  Don Johnson

• I’ve never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I’m looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.

  Don Johnson

• I’ve had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don’t know that I’ve ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.

  Don Johnson

• I’m not qualified for anything else, so I would imagine I’d either be doing something larcenous or I would have already been caught.

  Don Johnson

• I’m just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.

  Don Johnson

• I’d like to think I haven’t done my best yet.

  Don Johnson

Don Johnson (37)

Birth:	15th December, 1949
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor and recording artist perhaps best known for his lead role as James "Sonny" Crockett on the 1980s television series, Miami Vice. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges. More recently, Johnson played Kenny Powers' father on the HBO series, Eastbound & Down.

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