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

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.

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

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.

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

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