Joe Pantoliano Quotes
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I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.
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I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.
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Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird.
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There aren't any small parts, only small paychecks.
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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.
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Living in the projects helped me with this role.
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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.
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When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.
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I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.
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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.
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We have to promote a movie. It's just extraordinary that everybody I'm talkin' to loves this movie.
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The camera looks into your soul.
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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.
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I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.
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The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s.
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The greatest leading man, in my opinion, will always be Cary Grant.
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Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.
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Bad Boys II has knocked everyone's socks off.
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It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.
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I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw.
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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.
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What the hell did I do in the 80's? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie.
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They've been talking about Pi, which I haven't seen, they've been comparing it to Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club, and I didn't see that either.
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When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb.