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 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.

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.

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

God is always working in every detail of our lives to help us turn our heart toward him. The life we've always wanted is found in Jesus.

If you set a clear standard for yourself

There is no one more capable of helping you than yourself.

They will find whatever button will make you dance, and dance you will, no matter how hideous the tune.

I give praise and honor to the Holy one of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for the blessing of motherhood.

Outside every thin girl is a fat man trying to get in.

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation.

Killing you and what you represent is a statement. I''m not a hundred percent sure exactly what it''s saying

Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.