Top 35 Kurt Russell Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The legs feed the wolf.”

— Kurt Russell

2. “I’m a libertarian. I think a lot of people are libertarians and are afraid to admit it – or don’t know.”

— Kurt Russell

3. “We are in a democratic society. It’s our job to question.”

— Kurt Russell

4. “Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?”

— Kurt Russell

5. “Sure I love Goldie. How could you not love Goldie? Everyone loves Goldie. I love her, and I hope our love will continue, but I don’t want to give an I-love-Goldie-Hawn interview.”

— Kurt Russell

6. “I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you’re interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.”

— Kurt Russell

7. “If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side.”

— Kurt Russell

8. “I know I come off differently than I think of myself. I’m always surprised by what people say about me.”

— Kurt Russell

9. “I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn’t much difference between a Democrat and Republican, I became a libertarian.”

— Kurt Russell

10. “I’m a reasonable guy, but I’ve just experienced some very unreasonable things...”

— Kurt Russell

11. “It’s not easy making money as an actor. It’s just not an easy thing to do. There’s so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it’s not as easy as it would seem.”

— Kurt Russell

12. “You can always tell somebody’s sense of humor by if they like this movie or not.”

— Kurt Russell

13. “If they’re willing to pay you what you think you’re worth for it, that’s why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don’t want to do.”

— Kurt Russell

14. “I played professional level sports. When you’re playing for money, it’s a whole other level.”

— Kurt Russell

15. “I wasn’t really serious about acting – I was serious about baseball.”

— Kurt Russell

16. “A great pinot chases its own tail. You drink it and you just keep finding new tastes that go with it, my dream was to make a world-class pinot and learn more about other wines as well.”

— Kurt Russell

17. “I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn’t make any difference.”

— Kurt Russell

18. “I think I’ve done a lot of movies that people would like to have seen a sequel to. But I grew up in a time when we didn’t do sequels. You just did a movie because you wanted to do a movie and you wanted to tell a story. It wasn’t to build a franchise.”

— Kurt Russell

19. “If it hadn’t been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.”

— Kurt Russell

20. “Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.”

— Kurt Russell

21. “I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.”

— Kurt Russell

22. “For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can’t put my finger on it, but in a man’s world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.”

— Kurt Russell

23. “When you think you’re good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.”

— Kurt Russell

24. “I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites.”

— Kurt Russell

25. “I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors.”

— Kurt Russell

26. “My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.”

— Kurt Russell

27. “We all do that thing which is the best in movies – we relate.”

— Kurt Russell

28. “Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn’t something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn’t exist.”

— Kurt Russell

29. “I got a kick out of the stands when they would heckle me. I would take the energy from that.”

— Kurt Russell

30. “I don’t really look for specific types of projects any more. I’m not taking care of a career anymore. I’m just having fun acting.”

— Kurt Russell

31. “I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do.”

— Kurt Russell

32. “When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you’d be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.”

— Kurt Russell

33. “When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I’m having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.”

— Kurt Russell

34. “I’ve never looked at my career in terms of, What haven’t I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.”

— Kurt Russell

35. “I’m not much on sequels; I’m not much on remakes for the most part. I don’t really like or dislike them.”

— Kurt Russell