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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.