Not Everything's Made To Win An Academy

I'm Sure There Are A Lot Of Italians Who Refer To Themselves As Goombahs And Greaseballs And Whatever. That's What People Do. It Gives Them A Sort Of Familiarity That Other People Don't Have.

When I'd Read The Script [the Man], [ Eugene Levy] That's Who I'd Seen In My Mind. When I Ran Into Him, I Said To Him, 'i Read The Script. You'd Be Great.' He Had No Idea What I Was Talking About. Then, We Saw Each Other Again In London. He'd Read It And Was Enthused About It.

I Kind Of Realize That I Have A Tendency To Choose The Kind Of Films I Watched When I Was A Kid And Would Go Home And Pretend With My Friends That We Were In Those Movies After We Saw Them.

We Both [me And Eugene Levy] Come From The Same Place. Eugene Did Most Of His Work In Sctv And Ensemble Situations. I'd Done All This Theater Work Before I Got Into Movies And Ensemble Situations. We Both Learned How To Develop Characters And Interact With Other People In A Unique And Economic Sort Of Way.

I'm A Good Son, A Good Father, A Good Husband - I've Been Married To The Same Woman For 30 Years. I'm A Good Friend. I Finished College, I Have My Education, I Donate Money Anonymously. So When People Criticize The Kind Of Characters That I Play On Screen, I Go, 'you Know, That's Part Of History.'