(On what he won`t do as an actor) "I won`t do slasher movies, and I won`t play child molesters or men who beat women. I can`t rationalize Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday 13th films because they`re too one-note. And besides I`ve been killed in so many m...
I`m pretty slapstick in my life but nobody sees that. You get typecast. I`m from New York and I have a shit-detector that`s outspoken. I`m very streetwise and the producers detect that. So they get me on a movie and kill me. I go into their offices and I`...
(On his success) "I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I`m really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It`s not in me. It`s not what I do. In fact, I`m amazed that I`ve even gotten this far."
I always wanted to be an actor, even when I was a little kid. When I used to run away from home, I`d go to movies and sit all night watching Kirk Douglas. When I was 16, I tried getting into the Actors Studio and they told me to get lost. I said `I`ll com...
(On playing real characters) "The hardest part about playing a real person in a movie is that it makes you very self-conscious. But once you start working then you`re ok, you get into it and don`t think about it. It`s different if you meet them beforehand...