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" I think there is something very nice about going to work to try to make people laugh. "

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" I loved 'Buddy Faro.' I loved the whole idea. "

" When they released Sidewalks of New York, there were some shots with the towers they were going to take out, and Ed told them no. I don't think they can deny the towers were a part of New York. "

" I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.' "

" I've been involved in some movies that I really thought were going to take off that didn't. And then I've thought, 'This movie's not going anywhere,' and it worked. The same thing with television shows. "

" If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine. "

" Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes. "

" I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know. "

" When I first got into acting, I never had any long-term goals, never had any plan. I just thought it would be a good way to make some extra money. "

" I'm just a character actor. "

" I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script. "

" My best year was probably 1948, and after that, it's been downhill for me. "

" I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled. "

" I had seen 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and I thought that was a different kind of film than I'd seen before, with that kind of editing and slick camera movements. "

" I would love, one day before this is all over, to do a Western. That, and to play a priest. "

" This face is nothing to brag about. I don't know what it is that these people see in my face. "

" One of the funny things in life to me is a guy who takes himself very seriously. "

" We know television should educate and inform, and I believe it should entertain. "

" I think all actors are supposed to be character actors. "

" I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap? "

" Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. "

" I realize that no one is going to come to me and ask me to be Julius Caesar or a romantic lead, but I think I'm a certain type of guy who looks a certain way, and that's just the reality of things. "

" This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. "

" My mother and sisters cooked Italian food, and I never heard of half of the dishes you see in these Italian restaurants. I just go in and order spaghetti. "

" I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series. "

" When I first started out acting, I didn't have anything to lose. I had another career. If I fell on my face, I could say, 'I'll see ya,' and go back to working. "

" I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home. "

" I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case. "

" Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man. "

" When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything. "