I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know.

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don’t acknowledge that family is important and it has to be people who are present, you know and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

A man's got to take care of his family. You live in my house, you sleep your behind on my bedclothes, you put my food in your belly because you are my son; you are my flesh and blood, not because I like you. It is my duty to take care of you. I owe a responsibility to you.