I've made movies that nobody saw initially, and then, all the sudden, people over the years pick up on it. Like 'Spinal Tap' and 'Princess Bride.'
When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.
I loved Superman growing up. I saw a couple of those movies in the theater, and I watched 'Superman II' 8000 times.
Acting gives you cosmic permission to take a trip in movies that lasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until the film is finished.
Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times.
I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.
Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there's a lot left for me to learn about movies, the subtleties of acting.
There's a kind of dream that movies sell to people: You can start as the lowliest person and rise to the top. 'Hit Me' doesn't sell this fantasy.
I like telling stories, I like movies, and I want to work on films. I think I would feel safer behind the camera.
I'm actually pretty afraid of scary movies, so I can't watch them at night, but I am a fan during the daytime!
I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years.
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images to convey action.
My roles don't centre around drugs at all! Shadiness is different - it's drama. We're making movies! You've gotta have conflict.
I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.
My parents used to rent old movies - my whole childhood is in black and white - and it was my dream to make films.
I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.
Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.
I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.
Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.
Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.
