God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made the decision to speak with distinction.

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.

I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.

I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.

If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.

I really would like to be able to face all my superstitions that may have existed and walk under the ladder and do everything you're not supposed to do.

I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.