I think all the roles were something that sort of hit me, and I guess I was very lucky to get those roles.
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When you're acting on camera, you don't really think of your voice. You think of the whole instrument - your body, your look, and whatever you have to do. But when you're doing the voiceover, you're thinking only of your voice. You really can't compare the two different mediums.
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I remember playing in Union City, and we had crap games after we finished playing at night. We would go next door to the cab stand where they were playing gin rummy and betting $1,000 a hand.
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As a character actor, you have to understand that it's not about you. You have to remember it's about someone else's life. And your character is just passing through.
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'The Godfather' changed the way gangsters acted.
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I've met a lot of big stars who have humility. Sly Stallone is a very humble guy. Robert DeNiro is a really humble guy. Some of the women aren't so humble for some reason. I don't know why.
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My wife and I lived in Chicago for two months, and we went to a lot of great restaurants.
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Trust is very important. In 'Goodfellas' in the 'Go home and get your shine box!' scene, we must have filmed 15 takes. If you played each take back, the timing would be exactly the same each time.
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I work on television and I work in film, and the acting is two different things.