My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.

Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.