"It was always very strange for me when I was young and would meet someone who geniunely seemed to be afraid of me. They couldn`t separate me from the monster I became in a movie. You wouldn`t believe how often people ask me to make my head spin around."

"I`m not doing this (film) as an art piece, I`m not doing it from my heart, as a statement of my beliefs or my philosophy. I`m working." Interview with The Los Angeles Times about Chained Heat (1983).

There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.

If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn`t be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.

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".

The Exorcist has been a very interesting cross to bear.

Of all the projects I`ve worked on, I`ve never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he`s a genius.

It`s difficult to understand why people don`t realize that pets are gifts to mankind.

I`ve lived through what seems to most - and myself - many lives.

It was always very strange for me when I was young and would meet someone who geniunely seemed to be afraid of me. They couldn`t separate me from the monster I became in a movie. You wouldn`t believe how often people ask me to make my head spin around.

People always joke that "dog" spells "god" backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down to see just how well they do, what kind of people they are. The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.

To ignore one`s spiritual self is unsettling, to say the least. That`s a very profound outlook on it.

I`m not doing this (film) as an art piece, I`m not doing it from my heart, as a statement of my beliefs or my philosophy. I`m working. Interview with The Los Angeles Times about Chained Heat (1983), 1983.

I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That`s why I got into fostering and adopting animals out.

There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others

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.

The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.

The Exorcist has been a very interesting cross to bear

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.

Of all the projects I`ve worked on, I`ve never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he`s a genius.

Kids shouldn`t see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn`t care.

I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That`s why I got into fostering and adopting animals out.