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 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.'

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

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 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.

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.