I Turned Down A Lot Of Films

In America Most Everybody Who's Italian Is Half Italian. Except Me. I'm All Italian. I'm Mostly Sicilian, And I Have A Little Bit Of Neapolitan In Me. You Get Your Full Dose With Me.

A Lot Of Actors Choose Parts By The Scripts, But I Don't Trust Reading The Scripts That Much. I Try To Get Some Friends Together And Read A Script Aloud. Sometimes I Read Scripts And Record Them And Play Them Back To See If There's A Movie. It's Very Evocative; It's Like A First Cut Because You Hear 'she Walked To The Door,' And You Visualize All These Things. 'she Opens The Door' . . . Because You Read The Stage Directions, Too.

The Problem With Me Is, I Guess, The Way I Express Myself, You Have To Be With Me 50 Years Before You Can Get A Sense Of What I'm Talking About.

My Weaknesses... I Wish I Could Come Up With Something. I'd Probably Have The Same Pause If You Asked Me What My Strengths Are. Maybe They're The Same Thing.

Chekhov Was As Important To Me As Anybody As A Writer.