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

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago

I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them

Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.

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