Raoul Duke: I wouldn't dare go to sleep with you wandering around with a head full of acid, wanting to slice me up with that goddamn knife.
Dr. Gonzo: Who said anything about slicing you up, man. I just wanted to cut a little Z in your forehead." [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas quotes] (Sockman Ralph W.)
I did feel a deep sense of responsibility to the author's intent of what he may have wanted the character to be like and to live like. (Sockman Ralph W.)
More than it having anything to do with money, or franchise, or hopefully continued success, it actually had ... more to do with selfishly being able to meet up with that character again. (Sockman Ralph W.)
A few people have mentioned it, and it kind of took me by surprise. I really didn't expect that, ... Michael Jackson was not a sort of ingredient or inspiration for the character at all. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Hamlet is a little daunting. (Sockman Ralph W.)
I've wondered why I play eccentric characters, but people probably get that impression because of my association with David Lynch. The worlds he creates are so strange. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Lynch is not as strange as his films. He's a complex guy with a very interesting view of the world. But he's very accessible, with a good heart. (Sockman Ralph W.)
The characters I've been doing lately have so much torment and searching and questioning. It's where I am right now as a man-I'm continually questioning who I am. (Sockman Ralph W.)
I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know? (Sockman Ralph W.)
I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated. (Sockman Ralph W.)
I want to do is a character-driven porn movie. It's all going to be about characters, and the porn's gonna grow all out of the character's and it's going to serve as character development. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Helena Bonham-Carter was pretty good underneath that makeup, but Jennifer is extremely sexy in this movie, not to mention talented. (Sockman Ralph W.)
“I think Morris has a fantastic zest for life. He's hit upon something, and that is this central question: 'I'm full of life now, but what do I see in the future? A slow, steady disintegration into paralysis. Do I go out while I'm on top, or do I want to hang around, inch by inch, watching myself decay and have my family watch me decay?' He approaches this subject with tremendous humor, and he's never depressing -- he's always way ahead of everybody else, and full of life. He's a fantastic character. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Daniel had to put up with a lot from me. Here's a boy who's tied up with a man pushing his finger into the wound on his head, laughing and delighting in the pain he's causing. He had to act as though he was in agony and terror without having many words to say. I was full of admiration for him. (Sockman Ralph W.)
I think he falls in love with her all over again after she's gone and as he uncovers what she had been up to -- her work to uncover a vast and very corrupt corporate and political conspiracy. It's particularly intriguing since -- for much of the early part of the film -- Justin is suspicious of her; thinking she was having an affair. I think the film asks questions about relationships between people and personal honesty. The honesty between couples and not just at the level of betrayal, but just about simple communication. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Justin's journey traces not only what Tessa was investigating; he's also playing detective about their relationship. This man rediscovers and re-assesses his own relationship with his wife. It's a wonderful part, because he goes from being a reticent nice guy to being someone who is forced to confront some pretty tough truths about the world. I hope that the audience sees him as a kind of 'everyman.' (Sockman Ralph W.)
It was latent in him. He doesn't change character, ... It's not in his nature to be confrontational or create any tension. Good gardeners have to have a very quiet tenacity and insistence about them. This constancy, this determination, is in Justin, but it's not high octane. I like that, that people don't get it all in the beginning. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Justin sees something in Tessa. She's getting at him (Sockman Ralph W.)
The patience, the tenacity of the gardener for me, it's the spirit of Tessa. (Sockman Ralph W.)
She used to be real hard on herself last year and would get frustrated. I think she's worked through that now — this year I don't see it. I see her more focused. Right now, I think she's our most consistent hitter. She's our leader right now, so that's another reason we need her on the court. (Sockman Ralph W.)
“There were so many times I've been cast as a character that wasn't necessarily Latin. But I say, can we put something in that ties in my culture? I've gotten a lot of praise for actually saying, this is who I am, let's show it, let's embrace it.” (Sockman Ralph W.)
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