Actor

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.

I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.

I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.

It's hard to tell writers, especially in movies, that words are secondary. Behavior is important.

I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.

The most talented people that I've met in this business are always the nicest.

You have to be very careful when you let someone win.

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.

What I do quite honestly and seriously and not in any way being humble is not as important as what the garbage collector does. People make actors important.

I loved 'Funny Lady' for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me - it's always, 'Punch this guy.'

My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'

I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!

It's always the guys who have absolutely nothing to give that start screaming and yelling about their makeup and trailers. It's a diversion so you don't pay attention to them, because they stink!

Some guys say beauty is only skin deep. But when you walk into a party, you don't see somebody's brain. The initial contact has to be the sniffing.

I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.

I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses who get to approve directors. Because once you make that choice, it's my belief that the director's boss.

It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.

It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.