The one thing I always talk about in terms of restaurants is consistency.

If we do a sequel, I want to beat somebody's ass!

You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.

When you are working hard, you don't have time for anything other than what you are doing in the scene and what the director wants.

I certainly know the difference between right and wrong.

I will not hesitate. Not for a second.

As a kid I didn't root for the bad guys.

Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.

I have to be able to trust you with my life. Do you understand?

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

Things rarely turn out the way we want them to.

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia.

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.