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

Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence in movies and video games - it doesn't bother people as much. I'm not so sure it evokes a reaction anymore.

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

I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If Id wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasnt worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie.

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.

I really tried to make movies I wanted to see. I thought that if I was good enough, somebody would always need me.