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

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

The way I pick movies is, first, if the script is any good. Then, if the script is good, who else is in it, the director, the producer, all that. If you have all that, there's a chance the movie will be great. If the script isn't right, or the director or cast isn't right, you've got no shot in hell.

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

I love people who just started making movies - first-timers, second-timers. They take chances.

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.