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.

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

If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not.

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.

Whatever character you're playing you have to complete the entire interior infrastructure, whatever it is - but what gets divulged or what people completely understand depends on the script and what you decide to show. But you have to know it.

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

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