That’s the thing about friendship, it’s a lot rarer than love, because there is nothing in it for any body. — Owen Wilson

I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving. — Owen Wilson

You know you’re in love when you wear condoms while having sex with other women. — Owen Wilson

True love is your souls recognition of its counterpoint in another. — Owen Wilson

I think of myself as a doom person. I’m a worrier. But I like the idea of being an optimist. Maybe I’m the kind of optimist who deep down knows it’s not going to work. — Owen Wilson

I think the way it works is that when you’re casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in. — Owen Wilson

There’s what is on screen and then for us, it’s if you get along with the people and enjoy showing up at work. — Owen Wilson

Maybe that’s why there’s an insecurity sometimes in acting, because it’s not like there’s a correlation between hard work and how people receive you. — Owen Wilson

It’s funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I’m usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it. — Owen Wilson

I became sort of an aficionado on the Valentino pajamas, because I like those so much. — Owen Wilson

If someone doesn’t want me, I’m not going to hang around and win them over. — Owen Wilson

I think of Terrence Malick’s movie Days of Heaven–one of Richard Gere’s first movies–you can push pause on almost any image in the movie and it looks like a painting. — Owen Wilson

Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies. — Owen Wilson

I think for Wes [Anderson] and me, the most important thing was James L. Brooks producing our first movie and giving us a chance to come to Hollywood, because without him, we might never have gotten the chance. — Owen Wilson

I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time. — Owen Wilson

If a movie goes south, it might not capsize me the way it used to. But I still have a terrible fear of failure. I’m a huge worrier. — Owen Wilson

There’s something people find hilarious about dogs surfing and dancing and talking in the movies. I think it’s nice for people–I think it’s wish fulfillment–to see animals talking. — Owen Wilson

We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore [1998] and Tenenbaums. — Owen Wilson