No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

I felt it would to add a great deal to my legend for eccentricity.

I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.

There are often lists of the great living male movie stars. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air.

If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.

Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way.