A biography for Joe Pescihasn’t been written yet.
“I've been married three times, but I'll never forget my first trip as a young man, on my honeymoon, with my new wife.”
“Scorsese and De Niro taught me to bring out the natural side of myself. And they taught me to think of myself as the average guy. Sometimes the average guy belongs in a role more than your matinee idol-type of person. We have to have people we can relate to.”
“You don't say hello to Mr. DeNiro? Show the respect, will ya?”
“I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles. It doesn't help to get starring roles in something that's no good. I mean, that will just kill you.”
“There are great actors we'll never see just because they haven't had my luck.”
“Did Mad freakin' Max just call me irritating?”
“I would have done something else in life. Something more calming, in a different area where I did not have to use my emotions.”
“Ah, I don't do interviews, really.”
“I dyed my hair blonde in that movie, so my head doesn't match my grill.”
“I'm just some lunatic macaroni mushroom, is that it?”
“I'm a bore. I save all my energy for my characters.”
“There was a time I couldn't get a job.”
“My father loved me so much that he did not want me to be a laborer or anything. I don't know if it's the right thing to do - push your kids into something and then stay on them until they do it. Let them pick what they want to do.”