Top 20 Matthew Broderick Quotes

I love musicals more than anything.

I like the sentimentality of ‘Miracle on 34th Street‘ and all those movies, and there actually is a tradition of Christmas comedies, too.

We celebrated Christmas. Not religiously, but we did the tree and the lights. Hannukah always seemed not quite as thrilling – Sorry to my Jewish brothers and sisters! But when you‘re a kid, Santa and all that, you know, that really trumps the menorah. So we did Christmas.

I like animals.

I think I’m a somewhat nervous bee who just wants to conform. Which, I guess, is common in bees.

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.

I like actors who are sort of different and eccentric – not what you expect.

I’ve liked Pete Gurney’s writing always.

When I was a kid, I would sometimes go to Ireland with our family.

I walk into rooms and I don’t know why I’m there. I’m like, ‘Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?’

Television makes you very famous. It’s very strange.

I used to wonder what it would be like to see my name on a billboard. I couldn’t even imagine something like that. Then you see it, and, well, it just makes billboards not as special as they used to be. It’s weird.

I’m not the best dog owner.

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don’t want any of the other stuff.

I probably wouldn’t make a good accountant. I don’t even understand what my accountant tells me. But the character is a sort of exaggerated version of me, he‘s a little more frightened than I am, everything seems so much bigger to him than it does to me.

I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.

I spent a lot of time growing up in Ireland in Donegal.

It’s no fun to be miscast. The times I’ve done parts that I don’t feel, in retrospect, I was great for – it’s a very bad feeling.

People are consistently telling me how much they like my wife. That’s my cross to bear.

The first dog I got was a border collie. Her name was Sally.