I never worried about becoming typecast. People have said that to me, but I never worried about it. As long as the part is three dimensional, I'm okay with it, whether the role is to play the heavy, the cop.

I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guys. I was a little god.

My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.

I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.

I thought that if no one was going to give me a great part - and it was very difficult to break into film, obviously - then I'd write one myself.