Not all journalists are really journalists. They ask such stupid questions sometimes, especially the newer ones, and because... these people can't tell if you're joking around, you just can't have any sense of humour; you really can't.
So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies.
Today some actors get a little full of themselves about what they're doing.
I just finished Narc, which was a really heavy duty, raw, independent.
You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.
As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.
When I found out Cusack was involved, I liked that a lot.
In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare.
When I read Copland, I really wanted Stallone's part.
My wife read Narc as well and was really into it.
I think drug movies free the director to make intense films.
I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.
Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.
I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me.
So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane.
I didn't start acting until I was in college, which was in the 70's.
People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!' I was a nice guy too in the comedy 'Heartbreakers.' And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in 'Blow!'
Mafia guys are all just insecure people who want their money. They're like little seven-year old kids when they don't get their way. I knew guys like that growing up in New Jersey.
With any mannerisms or dialogue, you have to be careful you're not just serving yourself. What happens with improving is a lot of times, if you're not in the framework of the script, you're just making everything easier so it fits you.
I get up at six to work out. I've done it since school, it's always been part of my life. It's a good way to take the edge off. I like getting up early; I've got a daughter, I'm a single dad.
