It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.

There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.

I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.

Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had.