I just know what it's like being an East Coast person, being from New Jersey.

There's a personal side to me of challenges as an actor that I like to take on myself.

I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.

You know, I started out really hot out of the box. Then I've definitely had and up-and-down career. And when things started cooling off again, it frustrated me.

Just by the nature of what we do it kind of gets you out of the regularities of life. Playing pretend for a living is a good way to have a release and playing make believe is a good way of getting away from it and doing things like this. So I think work gets me away from life.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

It came time to go to college. My dad said, go wherever you want. Take whatever you want. He just really believed in getting out and being exposed to different things.