When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting ... It's a challenge.

John Huston is more of a creative director than most.

If the guy has a gun, that's the power. He doesn't need to wave the gun; he just needs to point the gun in a very relaxed fashion.

The Italian mafia, they're very [into] construction. They're in a whole different way of operating than they did back in the '20s.

Nevertheless, I tend to get offensive easily.

I think a lot of what you do depends on the other people in the cast. It doesn't only depend on you the actor, but it depends on a variety of things, what the other actors are like.

When you play somebody, you pick up a lot of their gestures, his voice, the way he speaks, his body language. You don't often get that opportunity.