Joe Pantoliano

“When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb.”

“It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love.”

“When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire.”

“I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.”

“That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it.”

“I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.”

“I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.”

“I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again.”

“Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird.”

“We should do another 10 Bad Boys movies. I could come in in one of those electric wheelchairs, like Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, just shouting away.”

“The greatest leading man, in my opinion, will always be Cary Grant.”

“What the hell did I do in the 80's? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie.”

“In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively.”

“One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.”

“We have to promote a movie. It's just extraordinary that everybody I'm talkin' to loves this movie.”

“I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is just a miserable, miserable no-good, dirty bastard, and it just turns the whole process sour.”

“You'll never see me in the red leather. I don't have the chin for it.”

“When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.”

“There aren't any small parts, only small paychecks.”

“I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw.”