Palma Quotes

(On his role in Carrie (1976)): I wanted to work with Brian De Palma. I knew the film would be interesting and attract a lot of attention.

"I loved working on Carlito`s Way, with Brian De Palma - it was so exciting and the first time I really understood what film acting was for me."

The C stands for Christopher. You can blame the union for that. The Screen Actors Guild make you do it if there`s another member with the same name. I wasn`t going to change my name, so I just included the middle one. It was a decision I had to make on Casualties of War (1989), my first film in 1989. I got a phone call and had to fly out to Thailand where Brian De Palma was shooting and it was a sudden decision, and I`m stuck with it. So I`m glad I didn`t go for a stupid and exotic-sounding name just to grab attention, or you could be talking to a man named Tallulah or something.

I knew that movie wasn`t going to work. I don`t think Brian De Palma had a clue. It struck me that he didn`t read the book -- or that he didn`t like the book. Originally, they hired Alan Arkin to play the judge. Perfect. But it was not politically correct. They only had one black character in the film and he was not a positive character. So, they fired Alan and hired me. I was kind of a suck ass for not turning it down, but they weren`t going to give it back to Alan anyway. I never did get around to seeing the movie. - On the failure of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).

I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma`s best movies.

We now fly with an airbus, which has 210 seats, six times the week to Palma to the spider of the air Berlin.

We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad relationships. The success of the horror genre has led to its downfall.

I spent two months on the set with Brian De Palma. I watched everything. Even then I didn`t have any scenes I`d hang around just to be able to breathe the air. I loved acting and performing. I desired to make the most of the experience. It was amazing.