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.
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.
When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.
Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it.
Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.
Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.
It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.
Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting.