Angel Quote by Alex Stapleton

Roger [Corman] didn't actually hire me, though. I was hired by AIP [American International Pictures], the studio that made the picture, which was Sam…

— Curtis Hanson

Because I didn't go to film school, I had a collection of books that were inspiring or taught me how to make movies, shorts…

— Alex Stapleton

Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on…

— Dennis Hopper

If a producer has 5 million bucks tied up in a picture, he's not about to let a guy like Burt Reynolds wreck a…

— Hal Needham

Patrick Swayze was risk-taking - because he not only did a transvestite, but in Donnie Darko, he played a pedophile! Talk about a risky…

— Beth Grant

'The Naked Civil Servant' was as important for me as 'Easy Rider' was for Jack Nicholson. No question.

— John Hurt

I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield.

— Andrew Buchan

Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies.

— Gary Rossington

I think everybody is intimidated by Jack Nicholson. But he was really nice to work with.

— Carel Struycken

I also got to know Roger Corman a bit while we were on location in Mendocino. And then, subsequently, a woman who also worked…

— Curtis Hanson

And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with…

— Anthony Quinn

Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.

— Nathaniel Philbrick