I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.
Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.
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 thought that if no one was going to give me a great part - and it was very difficult to break into film, obviously - then I'd write one myself.
I had a 90-minute one-man show. I performed it and my life just exploded. Everything - my life just changed. Every writer, director, producer, studio head, movie star - they all wanted it. It was the hottest property since Rocky.
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.
Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else.
Teaching is a performance art.
. . . it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor.