Richard Corliss Quotes

You see some of the weirdest people in Detroit casinos.

It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush.

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

I don't think anyone leaves Las Vegas rejuvenated, their skin shining, their bank accounts glowing. No one leaves Vegas, like, 'I didn't make one mistake. That felt great. Back to work.'

Being an entrepreneur is all about risk. Being an entrepreneur is like going to Vegas every day and shoving all of your chips into the middle of the table every single day.

Most gamblers do it for ego. It's not about winning or losing, it's about challenging your ego and showing your mates you're fearless and will bet on anything.

I won $100,000 in Vegas, which buys furniture for my beach house. That takes nerves. You can't think if I'm wrong I'll blow $30,000.

If I can't play for big money, I play for a little money. And if I can't play for a little money, I stay in bed that day.

My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.

I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.

It costs a lot of money to release a movie. What you'd call art-house movies - movies that don't have big stars or big budgets - they're very hard for distributors to get behind 'em and take chances.

I'm a gambler at heart. That's my life.

I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

I'm not a crazy Vegas guy. I'm not a gambler.

When I was 25 years old and had no money - and didn't know how to make movies and had no experience - I was able to get $25,000 together, and that film was 'The Brothers McMullen.'

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit.

One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down.

I do love to gamble; I hate to admit it.

The cool thing about those small-budget movies is that there's a tremendous amount of freedom the filmmakers have since there's less money at stake.

I've got to have a bet going in order to play my best.

I was a gambler when I was a kid, so when we got to Las Vegas, it was like Mecca.

The bigger the bet, the better I played.