Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices you make will shape your life forever.

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

Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle.

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.

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

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.