Gorilla Quotes

In response to radio interviewer who asked if he would co-star with Robert Redford in sequel to Indecent Proposal (1993) "Like a rocket!...I`d shack up with anyone for a million dollars. I`d shack up with a gorilla for a million, plus 10 percent."

(from 1984) The only reason I`m still not doing "Daughter of Gorilla at Large" is because my personal life had become a shambles. Every picture I did was worse than the last one and every man I was in love with was worse than the last one. I was terribly immature. I was going steadily downhill in terms of self-respect and dignity.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself. The worst type is dictated by demographics or what is hip or what kids are into. Kong isn`t driven by that. No way would a studio think this is the year that people want to see a big gorilla movie. I`ve come to realize that, as much as anything, I am making this for the 9-year-old Peter.

We have finally become the 800-pound gorilla in Washington D.C., but all that will be thrown out the window if anyone screws up.

It`s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don`t quit when you`re tired-you quit when the gorilla is tired.