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

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

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.

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

I dont have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price.

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.

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