Everybody acts like they're in a movie in most movies. That's why they stink..

I try to stay under the radar..

Whatever character you're playing you have to complete the entire interior infrastructure, whatever it is - but what gets divulged or what people com….

I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money..

Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it..

I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand..

I think thats what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have..

Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch..

Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence in movies and video games - i….

I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything el….

I really tried to make movies I wanted to see. I thought that if I was good enough, somebody would always need me..

I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game..

Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting..

My method seems to change to everything, especially when you get older. You have more of a resonance to be able to grab to. When you're younger, you ….

I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2..

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement..

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred..

I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If Id wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the ….

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..

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back..

It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese..