Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.

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

I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.

I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping. It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn't good enough. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.

Pretty soon I'll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure. The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.