If you look at a classic horror movie like `The Exorcist,` part of what makes it so scary is that it feels so damn real. If you add a layer of too much hysterical, theatrical reality, then audiences take it less seriously. But if you play it for absolute ...
Frank Darabont
On getting the role of "Reagan MacNeil" in The Exorcist (1973): "I wanted to be a princess. I wanted to be in Disney movies, I wanted to be in "Lassie", I wanted to be in "Flipper", I didn`t want to be a monster".
Linda Blair
When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I`d had enough of it. And that was right about the time that we got a call for "The Exorcist" interview.
Linda Blair
One of the reasons I don`t have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You`re still asking me questions about The Exorcist.
Linda Blair
I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were big movies for me. They were just brilliantly done, and unusual, and they all took horror to some new place.
Lawrence Kasdan
At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.
Mercedes McCambridge