If De Niro wants to spend the twilight of his career as the McDonald's of master thespians, we can't stop him.

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.

When you feel that you can't fight it, you just go for it. When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense.

Loneliness has been following me my whole life.

In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.

New York is more exciting, I guess, than even Paris or London. New York's the center of something; I don't know what, really - the center of a lot of things. With all its problems and chaos and craziness, it's still a great place to live. I can't see myself living anywhere else.

When I think of a good restaurant, it's where the food has been consistent; there's always a consistency.