Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

Please, if you're making a movie, start out with a good script, at least! Please!

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.

Doing voiceover, they bring you in, you're wearing jeans, you haven't shaved, you're wearing a baseball cap, and you go in, do it, make a lot of money and go home. It's fun. I enjoy doing it very much. So that's been really fun for me.

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

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

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