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

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

When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.

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

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

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

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 else.

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.

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.

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

Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself, Counting this row and that row of moccasins Waiting on the silent shelf.

Being generous without keeping score strengthens your spirit, keeps you focused on the people who make your business what it is, and helps breed success.

The tradition of always looking for the answer in the most fundamental way available - that is a great tradition, and it saves a lot of time in this world.

I always hated the Grateful Dead. Never even bought a Led Zeppelin album.

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it.

Customer needs may vary, but their bias for quality never does.

Few people who marry plan for their marriages to fail, but neither do they specifically plan for success.

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college

We are born male or female, but not masculine or feminine.

I just talk, and I guess some of my views came out.