Criminal Quotes

"If you put Willem Dafoe, Liam Neeson and James Woods in a room together, there wouldn't be room for anyone else."

"We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-dimensional, not just the wife or the mother."

"I've been dating younger men since my 20s, When I was 29, I dated someone 21... younger men are just more fun. I like their energy. I've always been kind of young for my age."

"I've reached a place with my work where I'm ready to concentrate more on life."

"I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set, I don't feel like I'm set. And I don't have any baggage, for better or worse. I don't have any plants or pets or kids. I can lock the door and go. I need to be with somebody for whom that's okay."

"Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping."

"I have faith in my imperfections!"

"In Europe the parents are included as with children. All three generations are together. I'm thinking of Italy. You go out on a Sunday afternoon and the whole family is there."

"I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie."

"I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting."

"I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized."

"I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever."

"Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee."

"I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately."

"I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'"

"Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him."

"I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules."

"If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time."

"There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys."

"Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal."

"I am an African and I am very proud of that."

"I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate."

"We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims."

"I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice."

"What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes."

"I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate."

"There are the horror fans that love the 'Evil Dead' because of the humor, but I'm sure it's not all of them. Not all horror fans love 'Evil Dead' because of the humor, at least not me."

"It doesn't matter the amount of gore, the amount of shocks that you can have in a movie if the movie's not entertaining, if the story's not entertaining."

"I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time."

"As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining."