“All commitments require sacrifice and hardship.”
“Art can go beyond certain boundaries or blindness that we would have without that.”
“Being anonymous is a great luxury. It’s a big loss to lose that. Mostly, the loss is the ability to observe others without being observed yourself. And as an actor, that is your key tool.”
“Even if you can’t afford to buy a painting, you can experience it. You can go see the Mona Lisa and be transported. You can see the discipline and suffering in a van Gogh.”
“I always had an actor within me.”
“I grew up around New York, graffiti culture.”
“I grew up in Queens in N.Y., and in parts of my neighbourhood, there were a lot of Italian Americans and a lot of people who were either affiliated with nefarious people or had seen so many movies that they were embodying that.”
“I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that’s kept me in line. Really in line.”
“I love the accessibility that my great nation affords us, but it is virtually inescapable for most people in America, and many places abroad, to rely on inexpensive yet unhealthy meals as a main source of sustenance.”
“I think there’s a lot of catastrophe in this world and a lot of cruelty and a lot of carelessness.”