Exorcist Quotes

• I went with an exorcist for a bit. I just want to know really practical things, like how do you hold someone possessed by the devil.

  Keanu Reeves

  Devil, Want, Practicals

  "Keanu Reeves trained with an exorcist". www.today.com. February 5, 2005.

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• The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. His attack is psychological, Damien. And powerful.

  William Peter Blatty

  Powerful, Liars, Lying

  William Peter Blatty (2015). “William Peter Blatty on "The Exorcist": From Novel to Screen”, p.355, Macmillan

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• The power of Christ compels you!

  Max von Sydow

  Christ

  "Fictional character: Father Merrin , Father Karras". "The Exorcist", www.imdb.com. 1973.

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• I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Thinking, Done, Hardest

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• 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

  Done, Aliens, Horror

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• From an early age I loved horror movies. I read books about horror, cops, firemen and military. Over the course of the years I started to see that there's a reality to this. The first movie I was really conscious of seeing was THE EXORCIST and I don't know if any of you have seen that but it scared the sh*t out of me. It really frightened me.

  Ralph Sarchie

  Military, Book, Reality

  Source: collider.com

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• 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

  Kids, Thinking, People

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• And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.

  William Peter Blatty

  Memories, Writing, Careers

  Interview with Lucy A. Snyder, www.lucysnyder.com. July 26, 1999.

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• The Exorcist doesn't get me, but The Omen does.

  Ethan Embry

  Doe, Omen

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• 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

  Awards, Oscars, Categories

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• I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game.

  Jason Patric

  Thinking, Games, Usa

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• I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural.

  William Peter Blatty

  Police, Stories, Detectives

  Interview with Lucy A. Snyder, www.lucysnyder.com. July 26, 1999.

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• I love Paranormal Activity and The Exorcist. The Shining is a great one too, but theres not a lot that scares me. Maybe its because I know the other side of it, and I know how movies are made, but it takes a lot for me to get freaked out.

  Lucy Hale

  Shining, Scare, Sides

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• I just don't really get to watch a lot of movies, like recently at least I haven't been able to but I did watch The Exorcist for the first time ever, recently, and it didn't scare me like I thought it was gonna scare me.

  Melanie Martinez

  Scare, Watches, Able

  Interview with Jamie Taylor, concertaddicts.com. February 22, 2016.

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• I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'The Exorcist'. I hadn't read a lot of commercial fiction, and I liked them.

  James Patterson

  Book, Writing, School

  "James Patterson interview with longtime editor Michael Pietsch". Interview with Michael Pietsch, www.usatoday.com. March 15, 2013.

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• Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

  Mario Vargas Llosa

  Writing, Demon

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• Winston Gallagher!" I said, recognizing the first ghost I'de met. Then my eyes narrowed & I covered my hand in front of my crotch as I saw Winstons gaze fasten there next. "Don't even think about poltergeisting my panties again". "This is the sod? Come here you scurvy little--" "Bones don't!" I interrupted. He stopped, giving a last glare to him while mouthing YOU. ME. EXORCIST. before returning to my side.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Eye, Thinking, Hands

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• Horror movies scare me. I don't really watch them. I'm not a big horror genre fan. I like certain classic horror - like 'Alien', 'Jaws', 'The Exorcist', stuff like that.

  Katharine Isabelle

  Horror Genre, Scare, Fans

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• Twist my Body like the Exorcist.

  Foxy Brown

  Twists, Body

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• I've got many, many demons that affect me on many, many levels. A few years ago, I was convinced of that - I thought I truly was possessed by the devil. I remember sitting through the Exorcist a dozen times, saying to myself, 'Yeah, I can relate to that. I really wish I knew why I've done some of the things I've done over the years. I don't know if I'm a medium for some outside source. Whatever it is, frankly, I hope it's not what I think it is - Satan.”

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Thinking, Years, Wish

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• The ritual of exorcism is not practiced by an ordinary priest. An exorcist requires specific training and must be thought to have a personal sanctity. He can be exposed to dangerous behavior and personal threat. His prayers often cause a violent response as he attempts to shine a beam of light into the darkness.

  Gabriele Amorth

  Prayer, Light, Shining

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• When you think of the "Exorcist" (1973) you think of Linda Blair and pea soup and all this madness, but really if you look at the first half of that film, the stuff between her and Ellen Burstyn is so naturalistic and so real.

  Matt Reeves

  Real, Thinking, Looks

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never used to watch horror films because I was a nervous type. I believed all the publicity about The Exorcist when it was released - you know, all that nonsense about people fainting in the cinema - and decided it would definitely freak me out. I particularly remember my girlfriend telling me about Suspiria - ironic considering my first ever film work was with Argento - and how scary it was.

  Simon Boswell

  Girlfriend, People, Scary

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• [Exorcist ] is given all of us a great opportunity to show something new on network TV, in terms of the quality of it. It feels much bigger than a network show.

  Alfonso Herrera

  Opportunity, Quality, Tvs

  Source: dailydead.com

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• I feel very lucky to be part of this amazing show [Exorcist] with such an amazing cast of actors, with a really talented writer behind it all.

  Alfonso Herrera

  Lucky, Actors, Casts

  Source: dailydead.com

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