I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.
The most fun I ever had on a movie was working with Albert Brooks. He's the caviar of comedy. I mean, nobody's funnier; nobody is smarter than Albert Brooks.
If Steven Spielberg brought me a movie four hours long and said, 'It has to go out this way,' I guarantee you that's the way it would go out.
My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.'
I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make.
I watched 'A Chorus Line' over and over when I was growing up, to the point that I was able to recite the entire movie.
I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
'Banshee' was interesting because it was on cable, and it didn't have commercial breaks, so it read like a movie. Not only because of that, but it was a pretty interesting style, and I hadn't read a show like this.
If I get some Bruce Lee nun-chucks that he actually used in a movie, those are going in the case. Those will never be used. Those will never be touched.
I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.
A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there.
When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.
To me, 'Ace Ventura' is as scriptural and sacred as any movie I've ever done because it's childlike.
I can't sit on my bum very long in a movie theater seat, and when I'm directing, I always want to move the camera or edit.
If you're going to make a science fiction movie, then have a hover craft chase, for God's sake.
The scariest movie I have ever seen, and my favorite horror film is, 'The Exorcist.' It is a must-see horror/thriller classic. I watch it every couple of years.
It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.
No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter' Part of the reason is that no one wants to hear that it isn't for them. As soon as they read it, they want it to be theirs.
There's a look people get in their eyes when you're talking to them and they're not seeing you, and you know it's because they have a movie running through their head.
I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.
You could do a scene that takes 15 hours, but in the movie, it's only 10 minutes. The scene where they put the sauce poisoning in; it took eight hours.
