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'Animal House' was my first movie, so I didn't have anything to compare it to. I was a sight gag more than anything else. So I can't say it was one of those things where your life changes. When the movie came out, I had to ask for the night off at the bar.

The bad reviews get to me, believe me.

A great review is great. A bad review is the worst.

I don't read reviews until after I'm done with a production, but when I do finally get to them, I'm always sort of floored by what the bad ones say.

You want reviews to come the week the movie's opening and not a month before when they do you absolutely no good.

For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.

If there's a good review, I'll skip over the headline, but I always find the bad reviews and read those. I don't know why. It's a little sick and demented.