Actor Quotes

You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money.

Music is one of the important things for me in cinema.

It's physically and psychologically exhausting to make a film.

It was really hard to find another project after my first film.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

I've had gay friends who grew up in small towns in France who had to lie for most of their lives, even to themselves. But eventually such lies become stronger than the people, and they have to face them.

I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.'

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'

I think it's very boring for a director to always do the same kind of movies.

I spent all my youth with horses.

I know that one day I would love to do a musical.

Everything goes by so fast that if you want to be a part of it, you need to go that fast. But because you go that fast, you don't lead the life you should lead.

Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically.

To be able to make a good living in a challenging medium like soap operas is great. The best is that I get to act and am rewarded for it. And the people I work with are great. Funny, intelligent, hard working. They're all great to be around.

There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing.

It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected.

I'm a Beethoven freak. I listen to him all the time.

There is a large element of me in every role I do.

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with.

My father was in the ad business, and he wanted to be a painter.

I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.

I see the Internet as the next big deal - I wanted to get in on it early on so I wouldn't get behind it all.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

'Evil Dead 1' was never supposed to have a sequel.

As far as my favorite sites, I do a lot of mundane stuff on line because I travel so much.

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

A cult classic is one that has been fully embraced by an alternative audience, not the popular audience.

There are MAYBE 30 years worth of ideas out there... watch for the feature version of ER in about 25 years... Hollywood has become hopelessly chained to the bottom line.

Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.

If you go to Hollywood, you've already sold out.