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" You take what God gives you and relish it. "

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" 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. "

" I've met a lot of big stars who have humility. Sly Stallone is a very humble guy. Robert DeNiro is a really humble guy. Some of the women aren't so humble for some reason. I don't know why. "

" 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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" 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. "

" I'm not saying 'The Godfather' trilogy was bad - because it was brilliant - but that was fiction. It was based on reality. "

" 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. "

" When you're acting on camera, you don't really think of your voice. You think of the whole instrument - your body, your look, and whatever you have to do. But when you're doing the voiceover, you're thinking only of your voice. You really can't compare the two different mediums. "

" I think 'The Sopranos' probably solidifies the misconception that people have about New Jersey to begin with. Because you're from Jersey, and everybody has an accent, you are perceived a certain way. I don't know if they are jealous or in awe or look down their nose at you, but that's the way life is. If you don't like it, change the channel. "

" You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that's what makes it fun. "

" There was an article about me once, and the first line was, 'It's good to be a gangster.' Well, I'm not a gangster. I'm an actor. "

" 'The Godfather' illustrated the family values - the reality that it was really a family thing, honor and tradition. It wasn't just a single-dimension thing. "

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" People approach you in a different way when you're a celebrity - some are nice, some are not nice. "

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" I knew so many gangsters, and I call on that experience with them for characters. "

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" I played the Holiday Motel on the circle in 1970. I know the Jersey Shore. "

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" Nothing is real until you walk out on stage. "