Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

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.

My father always said, 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.'

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.

When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy about the actors you're working with, that's what's important.

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

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