Oh, great reviews are the worst. They mislead you more than the bad ones, because they only fuel your ego. Then you only want another one, like potato chips or something, and the best thing you get is fat and bloated. I'd rather just refuse, thanks.

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.

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

The key is you have to keep doing the right thing. Do the right thing and stay around long enough, and you'll keep getting parts. And if you don't, you write your own parts, which I'm lucky to do. It's like anything else: you get hot, you get cold, then you get hot again. You just keep working.

I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I landed some TV roles.

Yeah, I like to gamble.

I had a 90-minute one-man show. I performed it and my life just exploded. Everything - my life just changed. Every writer, director, producer, studio head, movie star - they all wanted it. It was the hottest property since 'Rocky.'