Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle.

I love people who just started making movies - first-timers, second-timers. They take chances.

My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guys. I was a little god.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever.

I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.

I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.