Quotes from Stephen Dorff

I've read some scripts, but I don't read as many books as I should.

In a movie script, you know what the moments are that you really have to hit it out of the park.

Living at the beach, it's hard to get out of the sun.

I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.

It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

When I played Candy Darling in 'I Shot Andy Warhol,' that was easy to play that part. They made me into a woman: I'm in heels; I'm waxed. I'm gonna find the femininity and lay on the bed and take the voice of an old movie star.

Being an actor is pretty much like being in the circus.

It was pretty surreal to be auditioning as a kid, and I'd get close to these actors that I really respected. I remember River Phoenix in particular. I met him at an audition hall or something.

I would have wanted my mom to see me settle down and to be a grandma to my kids.

I'm always feeling like I have to do some bad action movie for money.

Yes, I definitely plan to direct at some point.

In my early 20s, I was buying Kristofferson records. I loved his acting; then I found out all the songs he wrote. I loved the Highwaymen. I collected all that stuff.

They're trying to beat out this movie, the Ring, which is a similar idea. Our movie is about a website you visit and die in three days. Their movie is about a videotape you watch - and die in three days.

I'm used to having big movie cameras in my face; I pretend that they're not there.

I've never really dated actresses except when I was really young.

I find that dialogue is bad in most scripts. I just think there are very few writers that can capture the natural way people talk.

I don't want to just be in the normal kind of teen movie.

I want to make a movie where people are, like, 'Whoa.'

That's the danger of having too much success. You lose that magic, that feeling of not being in control, which I feel now, it's too controlled.

I used to play around and sing Randy Travis for my dad. I'd always be able to just mimic things.

My mom always wanted me to do movies where I played, whether I had flaws or not, guys that had a good heart.

I was thrown into the fashion world, dating models - and you'd read about me dating a new starlet every month. That's just where my life was. But I've grown up a lot.

I don't think Jack Nicholson has ever called me Stephen. He's like, 'Hey, Dorff. How are ya?'