I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.
- Jason Patric
Anything, Sure, Projects, Unqualified
I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money.
- Jason Patric
Never, Give, Turned, Enough Money
I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand.
- Jason Patric
Celebrity, Blatant, Sold, Brand
You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office.
- Jason Patric
Making, Before, Took, Billion Dollars
When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.
- Jason Patric
Look, Some, Used, Respected
I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price.
- Jason Patric
Business, Got, Very, Intending
I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2.
- Jason Patric
Movies, Unhappy, Made, Incognito
Everybody acts like they're in a movie in most movies. That's why they stink.
- Jason Patric
Movies, Everybody, Most, Stink
I try to stay under the radar.
- Jason Patric
Try, Stay, Radar
It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes.
- Jason Patric
Star, Easy, Movie, Movie Star
Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.
- Jason Patric
Very, Being, Vanity Fair, Lines
You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.
- Jason Patric
Movie, Good Story, Handful, Stand Up
I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.
- Jason Patric
Performer, Like, Use, Press
I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game.
- Jason Patric
Game, Think, Horror Movie, Exorcist
Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.
- Jason Patric
Hollywood, Films, Mostly, Mainstream
Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting.
- Jason Patric
Suffering, Find, Always, Prince
If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not.
- Jason Patric
Business, Today, Knowing, Absolutely Not
It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.
- Jason Patric
Been, De Niro, Scorsese, Vocabulary
I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie.
- Jason Patric
Speed, Movie, While, Signed
I think that's what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have.
- Jason Patric
Think, I Think, About, Range
I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.
- Jason Patric
Movies, Making, Lot, Independent
Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it.
- Jason Patric
Hollywood, Movie, Like, Training Day
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