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Quotes
I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly
the way Charlie Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm thirty.
How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance.
"Hey baby lets dance... cya later"
I don't think more concentration is required for
Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim
Carrey to do what he does.
I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star
in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm
thirty.
I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess
I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that,
but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and
offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies
for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
I've always had confidence. It came because I have
lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies
work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've
mostly been successful.
In a movie like this, the relationship between the
two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are
together. I think we did a good job.
In the original script, my character was a basketball
player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a
little short to be a basketball player!
My life is nothing like the "Daddy Day
Care" life. Me around the house is nothing like the "Daddy Day
Care" dad.
That's a new thing for me, to have my costar in a
scene turn to me and tell me they love me. In "48 HRS.", Nick
Nolte never turned to me and went "I love you Ed"!
The thing about kids is that they express emotion.
They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in
a good mood, they're in a good mood.
You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort
and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now
and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the
projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you
never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they
offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's
thumb up my ass."
I started out as an impressionist and that's all about observing - how
people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.
Asked why he accepted Best Defense (1984): The door opened and four guys
came in carrying a cheque.
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