Joe Pantoliano

Actor

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When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire.

In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively.

The camera looks into your soul.

I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again.

The greatest leading man, in my opinion, will always be Cary Grant.

They've been talking about Pi, which I haven't seen, they've been comparing it to Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club, and I didn't see that either.

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

We should do another 10 Bad Boys movies. I could come in in one of those electric wheelchairs, like Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, just shouting away.

Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see.

They actually bought me for Daredevil 2, but they have to exercise the option.

That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it.

There aren't any small parts, only small paychecks.

You'll never see me in the red leather. I don't have the chin for it.

Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration.

When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb.

It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love.

I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw.

What the hell did I do in the 80's? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie.

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