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"You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap."
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"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."
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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."
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"There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me."
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"In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor."
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"I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors."
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"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."
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"An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation."
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"A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered."
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"Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor."
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"An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make."
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"You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap."
Actor
"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."
Film
"My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end."
America
"I get to meet a lot of people, and I really like people."
People
"The eye condition that I have is Marfan's Syndrome."
Eye
"My grandparents told endless stories about the town they were from. It became an almost mythic place."
Grandparents
"I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play."
Italy
"What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food."
Food
"Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out."
Famous
"I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release."
American
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