There are a lot of movies I've done that come and go, and don't really establish a growing fan base.
I find that when you see somebody in the tabloids all the time, you have no desire to see them in movies.
Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous.
You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.
I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.
Having my son made me grow up. I'm keeping my dangers in the movies.
In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down on the list.
I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.
I'm a plagiarist - I always look back at other movies, and I steal, but I steal well, and I reinvent.
When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
I prefer to do movies, just for the simple fact that in TV, there's not much of a guarantee. They can pull the plug on you.
Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
Captain Oveur: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.
I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.
