Jason Patric Net Worth

Jason Patric's Quotes

• "I'm willing to take less money and fourth billing and do interesting roles. I hate putting Limitations on myself. I don't set out to sell popcorn or make money for the major studios. What I'd like is for my work to have meaning." - On his career choices (1987).
• "He's so secure in himself that he's not afraid to reveal anything about himself. As a rule, guys don't talk to other people about their real feelings. That's what's makes the sauna scene in Your Friends and Neighbors (1998) so shocking." - On his controversial film character.
• "I'm 32. When I look back on my career, I like that I was so brazen in my 20s. I only wish there had been more of those kinds of hard-edged scripts available to me." - On his career (1998).
• "My grandfather was a very talented man but he was never part of my emotional life so I refuse to make him part of my professional life." -On his grandfather, Jackie Gleason.
• "I wanted to skim into the global marketplace so that I could make small movies like Your Friends and Neighbors (1998). There was enough hype around Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) that I was able to get the funding for Your Friends and Neighbors (1998)" - On why he did Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997).

Interesting Facts about Jason Patric

1. Son of actor-playwright Jason Miller and actress Linda Miller. Grandson of actor/comedian Jackie Gleason, and his wife, dancer Genevieve Halford. Ex-stepson of actress Sue Bernard. Patric's sister is Jennifer, his brother is Jordan and his half-brother is Joshua John Miller (an actor and author).
2. Owns a 90lb. Vietnamese potbellied pig named Fergus.
3. His first film job was as a production assistant in the 1982 film version of That Championship Season (1982).
4. When his best friend Kiefer Sutherland broke off his engagement with Julia Roberts in the early 1990s, Julia ran off to Europe with Patric and the two were eventually a couple but never married.
5. Turned down the lead role of Mitch McDeere in The Firm (1993), the role then went to Tom Cruise.
6. Ex-stepson of actress Sue Bernard.
7. Turned down the role of Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004).
8. Attended Don Bosco Prep, a prestigious all-boys school in northern New Jersey, and Saint Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica, California.
9. Downed shots of Tabasco sauce between takes of his death scene in The Alamo (2004) to make it as realistic as possible.
10. He is of Irish, and smaller amounts of German, English, Scottish, and Dutch, ancestry.
11. Played on Broadway the role of Brick in Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with Ned Beatty as Big Daddy (2003).