I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that

The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western

You love what you do, you are cursed with it, and then you get known for being cursed with it

I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy.

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker

Literature is air, and Im suffocating in mediocrity.