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" I don't know what drives me. I need to work. I wanted to be in the entertainment field, but I didn't know what. "
Frank Vincent
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Entertainment
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" I wanted to be what I am. All my life. A musician and an actor. "
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" We define a metrosexual as someone who really takes care of themselves in terms of grooming and style. There is nothing wrong with that. But I think you need to have some other values. It's cool to incorporate some traditional values into metrosexuality. Then it becomes a good lifestyle. "
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" People are fascinated with the fast life, the easy life. For some reason, that's an American dream, and it goes all the way back to the Edward G. Robinsons and the Cagneys. "
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Life
" It's very important what you say to kids. You have to walk a very fine line between talking about your life and talking about what you've done. "
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Say
You
" My son, Tony Vincent, is a stuntman. He doubles for Jim Caviezel on 'Person of Interest.' He works really hard. "
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Person
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" You take what God gives you and relish it. "
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God
Gives
Relish
" Fellas, one of the most effective ways to meet a woman is on the street. "
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Meet
Most
Effective
" Actors are real egomaniacs. They get into a movie, they think the whole movie's about them. "
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About
Get
" When lines are great, they're easy to do. You just find the essence of it, and you do it. "
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You
Find
Great
" Trust is very important. In 'Goodfellas' in the 'Go home and get your shine box!' scene, we must have filmed 15 takes. If you played each take back, the timing would be exactly the same each time. "
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Important
Shine
Time
" Being down makes you think who you are. "
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Makes
Down
Being
" Sometimes people start with you. Especially in local places - 'Hey, go get your shine box.' So I go out earlier. I wear sunglasses and a cap... That's the downside of being successful. "
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Sunglasses
People
Start
" People approach you in a different way when you're a celebrity - some are nice, some are not nice. "
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Nice
You
Way
" I played the Holiday Motel on the circle in 1970. I know the Jersey Shore. "
Frank Vincent
Shore
Jersey
Holiday
" David Chase is a genius. "
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Chase
Genius
David
" As a character actor, you have to understand that it's not about you. You have to remember it's about someone else's life. And your character is just passing through. "
Frank Vincent
Life
Character
You
" I remember playing in Union City, and we had crap games after we finished playing at night. We would go next door to the cab stand where they were playing gin rummy and betting $1,000 a hand. "
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Hand
Stand
Remember
" Bad boys are classy and refined. For example, even though Donald Trump came from money and a privileged lifestyle, he's a man's man. "
Frank Vincent
Classy
Man
He
" A man's man is respectful, he's honorable, he's loyal, he's sensitive, he's strong, he's tough, he's well-groomed, he has a sense of humor - and he takes care of himself and his lady. "
Frank Vincent
Care
Humor
Lady
" You have got to have a good sense of humor, you have got to be tough, and you have got to know how to dress. "
Frank Vincent
Good
Dress
Know
" I did a lot of 'NYPD Blues' and 'Law & Orders' and a couple of other ones that were shot in New York earlier in my career. "
Frank Vincent
Blues
Shot
New York
" I do a lot of meet-and-greets with the people, and I do 'sign shows' where I meet people and sign autographs. "
Frank Vincent
Shows
Where
Lot
" You see mob guys when you play in nightclubs. It's part of the protocol. "
Frank Vincent
Play
Mob
Guys
" My wife and I lived in Chicago for two months, and we went to a lot of great restaurants. "
Frank Vincent
Great
Wife
Lived
" I knew so many gangsters, and I call on that experience with them for characters. "
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Many
Call
Gangsters
" I think that all the time I lived alone changed me. "
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Time
Think
Lived
" I am a musician by rights, and I played in Asbury Park in the old African Room in the Robert Trent Hotel next to the Albion. That was in the early '60s. "
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Park
Hotel
Early
" Grooming should be done in moderation. "
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Moderation
Done
Grooming
" Nothing is real until you walk out on stage. "
Frank Vincent
Out
Nothing
Walk