"He lets you totally improvise and go off, even though the shots are all meticulous steadicams and draws the storyboard, he still allows you the gift to be who you are."
-On Carlito's Way director Brian De Palma-
"I want to play ball like Michael Jordan. I want to take over his career."
"I'd walk infront of the camera, and Leonardo would do my line all screachy 'Thou' or 'I must go'. So the next time it i became really self-concious. I just hated him, because it came to easy to the little blonde, happy, golden boy. He'd smoke a ciggarette, do some laps, do Michael Jackson, go on the set, and there it was."
-On working with Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo and Juliet-
"As nice as (Stephen) Seagal was to me on Out For Justice, he was just as mean to me on Executive Decision. Mind you Seagal was quite upset that his character had to die so soon in the movie. He tried to get the producers to let him live. He was so upset the day we filmed the death scene, he wouldn't come out of his trailer for the longest time."
"The first time, we had a great time together. At the end Wesley(Snipes) burned all of our accoutraments. This time we could talk about anything, we wrote scenes together. I am trying to develop something else for the two of us, I love working with him. He's a Stud! If I were a woman I would have given him a litter already."
"I wanted to be the Latin Sharon Stone, except I had to keep my panties on because this is a PG movie."
-On To Wong Foo..-
"It was one of my dreams come true. Especially I was so happy he was shorter than me."
-On working with Al Pacino-
"I've had horribly embarrassing things happen to me all over, especially when acting. I had to do a nude scene with Barbera Hershey, and i used to have a big crush on her. So I talked her into doing our love scene doggy-style. I was so excited until it came to actual time, and it was so damn cold in the room, i think my genitallia disappeared inside my body. I was so humiliated."
"I have alot of different role models, but i would have to say Richard prior and Lily Tomlin, cause i love comedy, and they were some of the most inventive comediens ever."
"Nicole (Kidman) is so generous, kind and nurturing to everyone."
"He's not a joker all the time, he's a generous thoughtful person." -John on Martin Lawrence-
"The first time i saw him i was beside myself, jumping around. I was trying to be cool like it was no big deal y'know. As soon as he left I started jumping up and down doing cartwheels in my dressing room I was like (singing) I Met (Robert) De Niro, De Niro came to see me, i am special..."
"Working with Robin (Williams) was great, but i never dreamed that when i finally got to work with him i would be his date."
-John on working with Robin Williams in 'Too Wong Foo...' |
