Harvey Keitel

“Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll get the financing for it. The old story we had it, it fell out of place and this and that.”

“He brought imagination to the story of the Creation.”

“I don't think about those things, really. I work hard on everything I do. Everything is a struggle, everything is hard, everything is difficult.”

“I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.”

“All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.”

“אף פעם לא גילמתי את האיש הרע. כל בחור רע חושב שהוא טוב.”

“חשוב לעשות סרטים שיהיה להם את היכולת להשפיע על אנשים, לנסוך בהם חוש מנהיגות ואת הרצון לעשות את הדבר הנכון בחלקת הארץ שלהם.”

“כולנו אנשים עובדים, שנאלצו גם לצחצח נעלים. וגם אני צחצחתי נעלים מדי פעם בחיי, והשתדלתי לעשות את המיטב בכל תפקיד שעשיתי.”

“אני יודע שאני וחבריי באמריקה רוצים לחבק את ילדי הישראלים והפלסטינים. אני חושב שאם ננסה להגיע אליהם ולחבק אותם בדרכים אחרות מלבד פוליטיקה, אולי נצליח לשנות דברים.”

“אם פוליטיקה היא חלק ממהותה של העיר ניו יורק, תיאטרון הוא הלב שלה.”

“To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation.”

“Hardly any actor objects to press. It's a question of it being done in the way they like to see it done, meaning to get down to the serious interview what the profession is so we can reach out to the people to help them get along.”

“I was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the movie.”

“It's a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it's about a man who's been doing bad; bad things. And he's a father of four children in parochial school, he's a lieutenant of detectives, but he's in conflict with himself and with trying to do what's right.”

“What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better.”

“Uhm, I'm the one wanting the lessons! I don't want to say too much about it because I'd rather have you see the movie, but he's trying to find his music.”

“Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that need to understand and to know.”

“I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance.”

“They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role.”

“Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture and anyone is going to grateful for its appearance, grateful for any kind of music that has the kind of effect that rap has had on us all.”