Xander Berkeley movie quotes

“Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.”
Xander Berkeley

“I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.”
Xander Berkeley

“Is there anything as pathetic as an ex-president?”
Xander Berkeley - Hammond

“- Gredin: Technique will give way to expression.
- Donald Falk: Thank you.
- Gredin: Or expression will give way to expression.
- Donald Falk: You have some thoughts you'd like to share with us?
- Gredin: Me? Thoughts? Share? Nah, I couldn't possibly. I am here to listen and learn. Copy and conform.”

Johnathon Schaech - Gredin
Xander Berkeley - Donald Falk

“I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.”
Xander Berkeley On Martin Scorsese, Spike Jonze

“For future reference, right-handed men don't hold it with their left. Just one of those things.”
Xander Berkeley - Dr. Lamar

“- Lawyer: It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina, for reasons which are well known to them.
- Christopher Crawford (adult): What reasons?
- Christina Crawford (adult): [laughing bitterly] Jesus Christ.
- Christopher Crawford (adult): As usual, she has the last word.”

Warren Munson - Lawyer
Xander Berkeley - Christopher Crawford (adult)
Diana Scarwid - Christina Crawford (adult)

“- Lt. Daniel Kaffee: What's a fence line?
- Capt. Whitaker: Sam.
- Lt. Sam Weinberg: A big wall separating the good guys from the bad guys.”
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Xander Berkeley - Capt. Whitaker
Kevin Pollak - Lt. Sam Weinberg

“- Van Cleef: Why don't you turn and face me like a man?
- Roy O'Bannon: Why don't you do it your way and I'll do it my way?”
Xander Berkeley - Van Cleef
Owen Wilson - Roy O'Bannon

“There's no evidence that the woman you describe ever existed.”

Xander Berkeley - Detective

“Why would Danny and Diane both be suffering from the same delusion in two cities over 1,000 miles apart? Let's face it, folks. There are no alligators in the sewers. No, it's... It's around the campfire. It's bedtime stories. See, these stories are modern oral folklore. They are the unselfconscious reflection of the fears of urban society.”

Xander Berkeley - Trevor Lyle