I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

I was very ashamed of seeing a therapist because I thought only crazy people went, and then, after about nine years, I asked him, 'Well, was I really crazy?' And he nodded and said, 'You were but not any more.'

I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all you got is your dog.

People are always afraid of the truth.

If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's.

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.