It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.
I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.
I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand.
I really tried to make movies I wanted to see. I thought that if I was good enough, somebody would always need me.
I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2.
I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game.
When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.
Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it.
Everybody acts like they're in a movie in most movies. That's why they stink.
Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting.
Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.
You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.
I don't find movies interesting. I just want to do the movies that made me interested in getting into movies, and they're few and far between.
I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.
I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie.
I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price.
You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office.
If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not.
I try to stay under the radar.
It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes.
