Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

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

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

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.

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.