Ralph Macchio

“I did an episode of 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' with Jeff Goldblum, which was fun because I've known him for years.”

“Sometimes I'm crotchety, angry, curmudgeonly - you know, I do have that side. I don't always show it.”

“I wasn't the guy running out to the Viper Room or comedy clubs until three in the morning. I was the guy running back to watch the Mets win the World Series in 1986.”

“To me, in life, if you have a sense of humor about it, that's how you deal with anything.”

“There is nothing I ever wanted, if I wanted it bad enough, that I didn't get.”

“There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool, cutting-edge indie, it's nice to know that I can span all those different genres.”

“I was playing this role on 'Ugly Betty,' the sweetest, nicest guy. He was a fun character to play, but I was in a Latin soap opera - where are you gonna go with a nice guy in a Latin soap opera?”

“With 'The Karate Kid' especially, there's been so many references and visual images from that film, you know? Who knew that 'Wax on, wax off' would become part of the American lexicon?”

“As long as I'm creating, I am happy... whether directing, producing, writing, acting.”

“Just because you have experience driving doesn't necessarily mean you have experience teaching how to drive.”

“There's little that compares with the thrill of a hit major motion picture experience.”

“My wife and kids maybe beg to differ, but I am generally a good guy.”

“I do live a decently healthy life.”

“I still feel that the original 'Karate Kid' is the great piece of work that has stood the test of time. It's a bit of soulful magic.”

“I lead a unique existence as someone who is famous for being young on film, or young in the minds of everyone.”

“My father owned some Laundromats, and when I was 10, he had me in there making change and being an attendant. He taught me that on weekends, you had to get up and go to work. That has been a big help in acting.”

“When you look at the 'Roseannes' and the 'Will and Graces' - when those reboots or sequels or whatever you want to call them are well-executed and have a fresh angle that's relevant, it's a big, warm comfort hug to the audience.”

“Guys like Spielberg and Zemeckis and really anybody who is a storyteller-filmmaker today has studied Hitchcock and the way he visually tells a story. He was the master of suspense, certainly, but visually you would get a lot of information from what he would do with the camera and what he would allow you to see as the story was unfolding.”

“Persona-wise, I represent a lot of people's childhoods.”

“I think one of the reasons 'The Karate Kid' film has stood the test of time, aside from 'Get him a body bag,' 'Sweep the leg,' catching flies with chopsticks, all of that stuff that's become pop culture, is that it worked on a human level.”