Top 39 Quotes by Peter Coyote

About Peter Coyote

These are some quotes by American author Peter Coyote Actor, who was born on October 10, 1941.

I believe that when you're wrong, own it and apologize, and so I do and put it on the equivalent of my front page.

I believe that when you're wrong, own it and apologize, and so I do and put it on the equivalent of my front page.

Peter Coyote

My dad was a very violent, frightening and dangerous guy. Next to him, I was this vague kind of kid who walked around, as I still do, gathering impressions.

My dad was a very violent, frightening and dangerous guy. Next to him, I was this vague kind of kid who walked around, as I still do, gathering impressions.

Peter Coyote

Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.

Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.

Peter Coyote

We spend all this energy keeping our lives normal and safe and predictable, and the result is that our approved cultural safety valve is the movies. So in films, anyway, the hero is obliged to represent the continuance of social values and institutions, and his permission to act is much more seriously limited than the villain's.

Peter Coyote

It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy.

It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy.

Peter Coyote

Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector.

Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector.

Peter Coyote

The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

Peter Coyote

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.

Peter Coyote

People call me a movie star. If you're in the business, a movie star is someone who can make a film bankable. My name and $6 million will make a $6 million movie. I'm a working actor. Because I started late, I had a very short run as a leading man, and my films didn't make money in America.

Peter Coyote

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