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.

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.

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.

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

You are the rainbow that adds color to my gray skies.

It is better to apologise later than to ask for permission now. It is called self leadership

So fine was the morning except for a streak of wind here and there that the sea and sky looked all one fabric, as if sails were stuck high up in the sky, or the clouds had dropped down into the sea.

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.

My song is ya girlfriend's wakin up ringer

But generally speaking, people weren't fired, art jobs were very hard to get, so something really calamitous had to happen to a person who was working there in order for you to find a space.

There are two types of girls: those that can make cheap clothes look expensive and those that make designer clothes look cheap.

You can't get too much winter in the winter.

A library should be like a pair of open arms.

True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort.