It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.
I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.
I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
Vanity is my favourite sin.
My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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.
Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.
I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.
I don't ever give my opinion. Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.
You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.
There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.
When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.
The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot onstage. On the other side of the pot was a little girl who had dark hair, and she and I were representing the Italians. And I thought: Is that what an Italian looked like?
