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" Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends. "

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" There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor. "

" The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. "

" They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. "

" My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig. "

" When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. "

" Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. "

" When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed. "

" I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor. "

" Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors. "

" I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct. "

" In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene. "

" I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. "

" With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system. "

" I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. "

" The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances. "

" Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. "

" Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece. "

" All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. "

" I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted. "

" When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though. "

" I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do. "

" I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life. "

" Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. "

" I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York. "

" I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. "

" I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. "

" I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write. "

" I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. "

" I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "

" By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had. "