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.

My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.

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.

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.

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

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.'