A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process.

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

The last day of your life is still going to be a day.

In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.

The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.

I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.

I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.