Jason Patric Quotes

I try to stay under the radar.

Everybody acts like they're in a movie in most movies. That's why they stink.

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not.

Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.

Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting.

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.

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.

I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand.

It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.

I really tried to make movies I wanted to see. I thought that if I was good enough, somebody would always need me.

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.

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.

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.

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money.