“I always preferred those movies I would have a large role in. If I had to choose between a small movie with a big role and a big movie with a small role, I'd take the one with more screen time. It's not very satisfying for an actor to get work and then ending up on the cutting room floor.”

— Donald O'Brien (actor)

Euro Trash Cinema magazine interview (March 1996)

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