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

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

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

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 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.