If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not. Jason Patric More Quotes by Jason Patric More Quotes From Jason Patric 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 dollars passion people I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If Id wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasnt worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie. Jason Patric speed boring kind Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting. Jason Patric suffering interesting Whatever character you're playing you have to complete the entire interior infrastructure, whatever it is - but what gets divulged or what people completely understand depends on the script and what you decide to show. But you have to know it. Jason Patric scripts character people Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it. Jason Patric hollywood-movies training hollywood It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese. Jason Patric vocabulary helping interesting I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game. Jason Patric usa games thinking Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence in movies and video games - it doesn't bother people as much. I'm not so sure it evokes a reaction anymore. Jason Patric games people thinking I think thats what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have. Jason Patric real character thinking I try to stay under the radar. Jason Patric stay-strong strong trying I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement. Jason Patric independent movement My method seems to change to everything, especially when you get older. You have more of a resonance to be able to grab to. When you're younger, you have these big boundaries because you don't know how to get you to where you are. When you get older, you have a few tricks that you can pull off. Jason Patric tricks able boundaries 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 cruise dollars office It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes. Jason Patric shoes stars easy Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred. Jason Patric vanity lines important 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 actors looks way I dont 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 problem successful fame I don't find movies interesting. I just want to do the movies that made me interested in getting into movies, and they're few and far between. Jason Patric made want interesting I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money. Jason Patric turned-down giving-up enough Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch. Jason Patric mainstream hollywood film
