They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.

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.

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.

I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.

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.

I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.