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Jason Patric

(1966) Film Actor United States

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Jason Patric is a film actor from the United States, best known for The Beast.

Quick Facts About Jason Patric

Born: June 17, 1966
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: The Beast

About Jason Patric

John Anthony Miller III, better known by his stage name Jason Patric is an American film, television and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as The Lost Boys (1987), Rush (1991), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Sleepers (1996), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Narc (2002), The Alamo (2004), My Sister's Keeper (2009), and The Losers (2010). His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller, and his maternal grandfather was actor Jackie Gleason.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jason Patric

You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion…

Billions

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I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2.

Cinema

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

Business

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

Cinema

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When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to…

Actors

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

Enough

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Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with…

Bother

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

De niro

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Whatever character you're playing you have to complete the entire interior infrastructure, whatever it is - but what gets divulged or what…

Character

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Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

Important

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I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game.

Best american

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I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed…

Boring

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

Brands

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

Cinema

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

Cinema

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I think thats what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies…

Character

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

Actors

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I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm…

Healthy

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My method seems to change to everything, especially when you get older. You have more of a resonance to be able to…

Able

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I don't find movies interesting. I just want to do the movies that made me interested in getting into movies, and they're…

Interesting

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I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer…

Actors

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It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes.

Easy

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Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it.

Fitness

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

Enough

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You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up…

Dollars

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